police steering box

[Ryan.C]

any body running a "POLICE" steering box?
if so where can get one for my '69?

[tan top]

I remember reading a lot of wright ups in various mags in the 90s about the cop box  , not sure what year they were talking about , soo long ago  

think  boxes from FFI  , have superseded the need to find a cop box , although I await to be corrected  

   http://www.firmfeel.com/powerst.htm

[Ryan.C]

I seen the boxs from Firm Feel, but they seem extremly spendy, $359 for the rebuild $175 for the core and aprrox. $50 shipping each way. im curious to see if there is a more affordable way to go.

[myk]

I'd imagine an OEM part from that era would command just as much in price as a rebuild from one of the aftermarket places like Firm Feel...

[ws23rt]

I'm not familiar with the "cop box"

Is it a firmer feel type of item that was better for the cops?

Why was it better for them and not so much for us?

We like to steer too

[ACUDANUT]

 No such thing as a police steering box.

[Ghoste]

You sure?

[Dino]

Yes there is   

[myk]

Yes, and again I say it'd be better to just buy an aftermarket unit/'refurb.  Chances are, a "cop" box would be in need of a rebuild anyway...

[ACUDANUT]

Maybe the Cop Box is the same as a T/A or AAR type. (firm feel)

[Skull-1]

I love my stock unit.  More power!!!   Drive with a finger.  It rocks.

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Yes there is   

[ACUDANUT]

Maybe the Cop Box is the same as a T/A or AAR type. (firm feel)

But is it the same as ^^^

Was it offered to "us" when ordering a car. Who wants slop in the steering wheel ?

[Ryan.C]

It sounds like im stuck buying a box from FIRM FEEL to get the desired result.

[bull]

I think the cop box might have been included with the cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension and cop shocks.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QTOg4aYGtdY

[HeavyFuel]

From April 2012 MA:

The make-or-break component of the steering system is the steering box, also referred to as the gearbox or just the "chuck". Back prior to mid- 1973, you had about a 25% chance of getting a well-mannered chuck in your brandy-new Mopar. That year, however, everything changed: Ma Mopar, awakening from a long slumber, introduced an improved chuck for police car applications. This little ditty was a sea change, within a few years this goodie was available to all comers as the S13 "Firm Feel Power Steering" option. What changed? Two main things. First, the internal reaction springs were stiffened, increasing effort, much to the chagrin, no doubt, of those ad-copy writers of the 1950s, the guys who penned "full time power steering" as a positive, when it was actually a cover-up, like you would actually believe that feather-light steering was a good thing at 80 MPH. Yeah, and the tooth fairy...

The second parameter was actually a tip of the hat to those who had been complaining about the quality control, or lackthereof, in products of Chrysler's steering chuck factory. As mentioned, prior to 1973½, some new Mopars were blessed with pretty decent steering precision and control, and some felt like '54 Chevy's with 200K on the clock. Post-'73, with the S13 Firm Feel option box checked, you received a "select fit" chuck. Reality check: Yeah, we'll build this one right, the customer upped the ante by a few bucks".

[mickelsdogs]

 Definitely DO the powersteering pump shims. That is truly 1 finger steering. See the mopar tech. article. It really works fine.