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Ron Luchene

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  1. Greetings! I am new to the forum but have been gaining insight from the info posted here for a few months. Thanks to all for sharing your knowledge! I have a 65' Riv and have had issues with the power steering. I rebuilt the pump and installed a new hose but still had issues (i.e. hard steering). I decided to swap the steering box and had info that indicated that a later model steering box would provide for a better ratio lock to lock and would fit without issue. The info also indicated that I needed to use the pitman arm which came with the steering box. In my case I have a 71' Riv steering box with a 71' pitman arm. No matter how I have looked at this, I can not possibly see how the 71 arm will work. I grabbed the original 65' pitman arm and it installs perfectly. I have turned the wheels side to side (about 2.5 turns lock to lock) and I can not see any issues with this arm. There is no binding and the motion side to side appears perfect. Has anyone swapped the steering box on a 65' with a later model box? Am I missing something or can I leave it as is with the 65' pitman arm?
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