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You got a great deal. As others have stated you have some spares and with these trucks that is a good thing! The only negative is storing all the stuff!
Frank
The welded in piece is the thrust block adjuster and lock nut. The thrust block rides against the ring gear with .005 to .008 clearance. Once adjusted the procedure was to tack weld the adjusting screw and nut to the housing.
Frank
If you go to the Power Wagon Advertiser site there are several threads related to the power steering conversion. The easiest is to use a reverse rotation Saginaw box from a late 70's 3/4 ton dodge truck. The original idea was incorporated by Tim Peterson on his M in 1989. There is a how to...
I usually go with the complete rebuilt unit. By the time you clean and rebuild the old one, assuming it is rebuildable, the cost of one ready to go is worth it.
Frank
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