560 steering box

brian brooks · Apr 20, 2012

Can you still get a rebiuld kit for a 560 steering gear box? The box on dads has about half or more of a turn of play in it,so she wanders all over the place.All the ujoints seem good its just loose at the box. thanks in advance

pete 23 · Apr 20, 2012

Only kit ever available was a seal kit and I think that is still out there. If the splines and yoke on the input shaft are not the issue there are a couple of other minor things that come loose inside and cause the play. One is a nut on the worm shaft and other is the set screw holding worm into piston. Unit has to come apart to repair either one. Those splines strip out and then you have no steering at all. One time a customer had his hired man drive his 560 into town for repairs and when he pulled into the lot the splines let go so he had no steering. He felt pretty lucky just coming off the highway.

brian brooks · Apr 21, 2012

Thanks ,we will take it apart and see what we got,i assume the seal kit is case ih?

heavyhaulertoo · Apr 21, 2012

We had one 30 years ago that was in the mud under a picker, it broke a tooth out it really wobbled bad, ha.

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