Bendix steering control valve rebuild kit.

[grant mills]

I am looking for a source for a complete rebuild kit for my control valve. It is (hopefully) the last thing needed to restore the steering to its previous perfect. I was simply going to have the valve seals replaced, and then the garage showed me the looseness where the ball stem connects to the pitman arm. And yes, the engine was running at the time they were testing it. I have seen a few articles in the forum showing the rebuild steps (including the fun with pitman arm removal), but none of them seemed to indicate where the rebuild kit could be acquired. I know that I can remove the assembly and send it out to Dave Thibault or Dan Booth for repair, but that would mean I have to get under the car and remove it myself. I would prefer to give the kit to a shop I deal with and let them do the removal and rebuild....(it feels like I already spent the summer under the car working on the steering/suspension). SO again, does anyone know of a vendor that sell rebuild kits that will work for the Avanti control valve?    There are no new ones to be had and even RockAuto cancelled my order for their rebuilt LARES 64 after realizing that they had none.

thanks in advance, grant

[ronmanfredi]

On 10/28/2024 at 6:04 PM, grant mills said:

I am looking for a source for a complete rebuild kit for my control valve. It is (hopefully) the last thing needed to restore the steering to its previous perfect. I was simply going to have the valve seals replaced, and then the garage showed me the looseness where the ball stem connects to the pitman arm. And yes, the engine was running at the time they were testing it. I have seen a few articles in the forum showing the rebuild steps (including the fun with pitman arm removal), but none of them seemed to indicate where the rebuild kit could be acquired. I know that I can remove the assembly and send it out to Dave Thibault or Dan Booth for repair, but that would mean I have to get under the car and remove it myself. I would prefer to give the kit to a shop I deal with and let them do the removal and rebuild....(it feels like I already spent the summer under the car working on the steering/suspension). SO again, does anyone know of a vendor that sell rebuild kits that will work for the Avanti control valve?    There are no new ones to be had and even RockAuto cancelled my order for their rebuilt LARES 64 after realizing that they had none.

thanks in advance, grant

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