Steering box question???

[Deleted User]
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edited November -1 in HUDSON
:confused:Does anyone know if there are any technical differences between a 1936 and a 1937 Hudson Terraplane steering box?



I know the '36 and '37 front suspensions are different, but are the steering boxes different? If they are, how are they different, and will they physically swap???

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  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Someone with more knowledge will jump in here, but I'm pretty sure that there was a major change in 1937 with the steering box. As to whether they will physically exchange, I know not. Is your '37 gear defective? (There are still a lot of strange and obscure NOS parts still kicking around amongst Hudson parts vendors, so if yours is bad, don't automatically think that you can't find a replacement part for it...)
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    They are completely differetn, but Ibelieve you can transplant a complete assembly, resulting in lighter steering. The '36 is a work and sector type, and the later boxes have a roller tooth.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Oops, fingers too big - that should read "Worm" and sector.
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Yes, the '36 & '37 Boxes are completly different as has been suggested, yes, they can be interchanged WITH modification to the steering box body, we used to do them all time with our '34-5 Hudson Terraplanes until the later boxes dried up, I think we used all we could find, the later boxes are a much better box resulting in lighter more direct steering. We used to call the 34-5-6 Armstong steering.



    If you can find a box out of a long wheel base '34-5 they are a roller box rather than peg and worm.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I figured they were different. Just asking for a friend who is building a TP hot rod. Thanks!
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    I'd definitely go with a '37 or later unit. Much improved over '36, and easier to adjust. Back in the late forties and the fifties, the steering gear of choice for a lot of California hot rod builders was the "37-'39 Hudson unit. Many Hot Rod Magazine articles back then, when reviewing how a featured car was done, mentioned that it used a '37 Hudson steering gear assembly.
  • jjbubaboy
    jjbubaboy Senior Contributor
    So, what kind of 'modifications' are needed to put a 37 box onto a 36?

    Also where might one find one??:D

    Thanks,

    Jeff

    P.S. Yes tired of the "Armstrong" steering myself!
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