1978 ford courier?

Question

it's really hard to find parts for an old truck so I would ask all you good people.We need a steering wheel bearing for the ford courier pickup truck.we chacked the junk yards and there are none of this kind.any suggestions will be appreciated.

Answer 1

If the junk yard couldn't help you are probably SOL pal, I would have guessed that any small ford truck would work if you change out the whole column, not just the bearing.

Answer 2

Expand your search to include Mazda Trucks and take the whole steering column. More small trucklets were sold as Mazda than the rebadged Ford Courier. Good luck, Have you driven a new Ford truck lately. That's a 30 year old horse pasture time.

Answer 3

If you tried all the salvage and aftermarket part places with no luck, you may want to use a steering column out of a different model vehicle. This will require a few modifications, but it will give you a safer, more modern column. Try taking a column from a Ranger or a Mazda B-series. The effort required to graft in the column will be well worth it.

Answer 4

this is just a ball park answer
try looking at ford cars of the same year
some times mfrs use the same part in diff models just changing the coverings to save building costs ie: like the firebirds/ camaros for an example same car different body on it

Answer 5

disassemble and take bearing to local (hopefully ) Commercial heavy /industrial parts supplier. They can take measurements and see if you can get a bearing.

Also as the ranger was a mazda maybe you can get parts there good luck

Answer 6

most junkyards will sell coplete column and yes try mazda they built the ranger if you can find a distributer for abearing company they may be able to match it by measurments.

Answer 7

if you have the bearing out take it to a napa parts store they can usualy cross most bearings and find one that will work .

Answer 8

check out this site . i bey alot of from here car-part.com