Toyota steering box blew

I was wheeling at evans creek and lost steering. I finally tore it apart and found the tube that recycles the balls broke and let all the balls loose in the box. Is this common? Is it easy to reset the balls i got to tap a new box out now?

Thats what happened that night eh? Was that last run still worth the carnage.

Judging by the look of the shaft in the middle pic (which is quite small by the way!:fawkdancesmiley, your box is toast....I know someone with a good one though! EDIT: not tapped....

The last run was werth it for sure! I have a box I'm going tap it out only thing that looks difficult is getting the balls right. A
nyone got some experince with putting the ball in right?

i don't think you had all the balls in the right spots
most likely thats what happend. from what i remember when we tapped mine. the balls were the same size(not sure if all ifs boxs have the same size balls if memory serves me) but there has to be a certain number of balls in the tube and before/after the tube

No reason to take the yota box apart to tap it... Take the sector shaft out then turn the input shaft all the way to full left turn lock and slide it out as an assembly. Then tap it and put it back together once it's all cleaned out.

toyotalandman said:

The last run was werth it for sure! I have a box I'm going tap it out only thing that looks difficult is getting the balls right. A
nyone got some experince with putting the ball in right?

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As I recall Crash does. I also remember him saying it was a pain in the ass.

notstock said:

As I recall Crash does. I also remember him saying it was a pain in the ass.

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The balls have to come out on a saginaw box because the worm assembly goes out the back and the rest goes out the front. Toyota's don't have the front removable cap so it all comes out the back. Look at the input/worm gear and notice the reversed threads. Just do like I said and turn it left so it pulls the whole valve assembly out with it as a unit and you don't have to touch the balls at all.

WHITE TRASH said:

The balls have to come out on a saginaw box because the worm assembly goes out the back and the rest goes out the front. Toyota's don't have the front removable cap so it all comes out the back. Look at the input/worm gear and notice the reversed threads. Just do like I said and turn it left so it pulls the whole valve assembly out with it as a unit and you don't have to touch the balls at all.

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easier said then done. as i recall dude man that helped me with mine did it this way and it was a pain in the ass to put it back in. we ended up have to take it all apart and put each ball in one at a time

dove'd85 said:

easier said then done. as i recall dude man that helped me with mine did it this way and it was a pain in the ass to put it back in. we ended up have to take it all apart and put each ball in one at a time

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On a saginaw box yes the balls come out. On a yota box they DO NOT have to come out and it isn't hard at all! Just keep pressure on the input turning it to the left while you pull it out and it all comes out in one piece. When you go to put it back together just slide it in oiled up seat the worm drive into the box and while you hold the steering valve assembly upright turn the input back to center so the sector shaft drops back in place.

I've tapped 5 boxes using this exact method and had ZERO issues doing so and I'm just a dumb trucker.

im going to try tapping out the box without taking the balls out that seems way easier :awesomework: just hope i don't run in to any problem.

I had someone tap my box before it lasted 6 or 7 day of hard wheeling you think he messed up or was it just failure

toyotalandman said:

I had someone tap my box before it lasted 6 or 7 day of hard wheeling you think he messed up or was it just failure

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If you only got 6 or 7 days out of your box after someone tapped it, I would point my finger at the guy tapping the box.

Six day of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWPWdEgwyI
But this is when it start to make noise it died later that day

toyotalandman said:

Six day of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWPWdEgwyI
But this is when it start to make noise it died later that day

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Oh yea, and that was just the start of an awsome run Lots of carnage that night.

4 clyinders :haha: