so, I just took apart my steering box and I'm all ready to drill and tap it. my problem is that I stupidly unbolted the input shaft housing before turning it all the way to the right until it stops to remove it, I got that and the piston out of there, but the piston was about 3/4 of the way or more from being off the input shaft, then it came off the rest of the way, there are a bunch of loose ball bearings in it and I'm not sure what to do to re-assemble it. it I just let the ball bearings chill in the bottom and try to put it back together, it's not too smooth, perhaps the bearings go inbetween the shaft and piston? hoping I'll get a helpful response on this by the time I finish tapping the box, and hopefully I explained that well.
thanks