steering boxes lhd and rhd

[jamesrobert]

hey guys i'm currently living in Australia and my spider is right hand drive. I need to replace my steering box however finding a rhd one is almost impossible. would it be possible to trade all the internal components from a left hand drive steering box into the case of my rhd one and end up with an as new right hand drive steering box ???

[divace73]

try and source one form a CC coupe, there are brand new RHD internals for sale on gumtree
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/alderley ... 1008983639 just have to check if you have the same length shaft

[jamesrobert]

i bought a new lhd steering box ( made a bit of a mistake) and it cost 250$ so im going to see if i can use the internal components and just switch them. i will post the results when i do it but it might be a while. hopefully this will be a cheaper option for all those rhd fiat spiders.

[Fi8spider]

Hi James, don't waste your time pulling the LHD sterring box apart.
The worm drive on the input shaft and output shaft turn in opposite directions between a RHD and LHD.

The item that Divace has posted from gumtree is for a RHD, that I can confirm.

Spiders have the two uni joints in the centre section of the steering column so you will need the long shaft steering box.
A 124 sedan steering box in RHD will not fit as they are a short shaft.

Flick me a PM and I will give you some names and details of some people I know that might just have a decent RHD coupe steering box they can part with.

If I may ask, what's the problem with the current steering box in the car?

[blusmith]

HIthere
I am in New Zealand and there's guy ( Mal Simm) in Cambridge NZ with a wealth of Spider knowledge and parts who could help if you are really stuck let me know and I'll check with him. Chris

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