Have any of you local guys used Benchworks for steering gear work?

The off the shelf reman boxes are junk. I'm looking to have the steering gear in my truck rebuilt by guys that will look for and can actually determine whats wrong inside and not just replace seals, paint and ship. I called over and talked with someone but it almost sounded as if they rushed their stuff in and out compared to places like Lee power steering. Anyone here ever use Benchworks?

 

Thanks Dale, I was hoping you would chime in. I was thinking about calling you at the shop but didn't want to interrupt your day. I had a Lee box in my 79 and loved it but I sure didn't get the same impression when I called them yesterday. Nice enough people but they sure don't show the same knowledge as Tom did. I think maybe I just got a sales guy that answers phones over at Benchworks. If I can't tune this thing is I'm going to take it to them.

 

It only took me three years but I dropped the box off at Benchworks today. I'll give a review in a couple of weeks when I get it back.

 

I'd say the biggest reason would be because they don't make one for a 94 c1500

 

Well it took them about 2.5 weeks to get it done. Not excessive IMO but they say generally they turn them around in a day. They warned me in advance it would be a couple of weeks because they were slammed. I dealt with 4-5 different people between dropping it off, phone calls and picking it up. Every single one of them was nice as could be. I have about 20 miles on it and it's great, nice and tight, smooth, no leaks etc. Way better then when I dropped it off. The Delco reman box only had a couple of thousand miles on it but never felt right. For $247 a Benchworks rebuild was well worth it, the box feels every bit as good as the one I had Lee do 15+ years back.

I appreciate the feedback you guys gave me, I'm not sure I would have pulled the trigger without it.