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Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #25 –
Tell them to build it the wAy it came in.
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Titusville, FL - The Great Outdoors
'98 270 buying this month
Toad is a 2018 F150 XLT

Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #26 –
The alternate box that is being talked about is also used in a 2000 Kenworth.
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University of Parris Island Class of 66
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Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #28 –
I am going to get to this soon I hope..

If I send in my steering box to redhead will I still need to worry about stops or adjusting them? Or is that only with a new box that did not come out of my Coach?

Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #29 –
Quote from: DavidS –
I am going to get to this soon I hope..

If I send in my steering box to redhead will I still need to worry about stops or adjusting them? Or is that only with a new box that did not come out of my Coach?
David,
  If I remember correctly when I talked with readhead on the phone while mine was being done, they said they did not mess with the stops during rebuild. You could call them to verify that.
Mark
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Mark and Tanya
Milton , Florida
US Navy Veteran (DV)
1999 U270 Special 40' CAI , 2015 Jeep Wrangler Sahara

Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #30 –
David,

I would always check stops-- certainly of steering box has been overhauled.  Agreed, they MAY NOT have been adjusted, but 5 minutes under the coach will VERIFY.

Do not assume that it is even optimized (max cut angle) from the factory.
Brett Wolfe
EX: 1993 U240
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Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #31 –
David, I had my steering gear rebuilt by Redhead two months ago. I asked the same question and they said it would be returned with the same adjustments that it came to them with.

After I reinstalled it and checked the stops, I found that the drivers side was perfect. The passenger side needed a lot of adjustment to get it to stop before hitting.

Unfortunately, I never thought to check the stops before removing it and sending it in to be rebuilt. So I don't know if it was not adjusted properly before I removed it.

Compared to the rest of the job, adjusting the stops is really easy.
2003 GV320 4010

Re: Alternate steering box to replace the M100PDP1

Reply #32 –
I am getting ready to install a new steering box from r h Sheppard  m100pdp1  any tricks on bleeding the lines? there is just enough room to get the pitman arm off I think. I have the low profile puller. my coach is a 2003 gv320 . Also any ideas on getting the box in and out other than the floor jack ? any help will be appreciated.
Thanks, Karl