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Who did the welding for you? Looks like it was done with a TIG? Do you know what type of rod they used to weld that? I have seen welding at work that is steel to cast is pinged forever to stress relieve the weld area but we use a stick welder. Just wandering
how much did that nuckle set you back... i might need to do that
I dont know about the welding.
I got it from ORU and it cost way too much.
Is that a complete new custom knuckle? Or some sort of modified stock?
i sent them my knuckle and it come back with the new arm bolted and welded to it. I am not sure if they reused the knuckle i sent them, or they kept it like a core
I got the steering mocked up jsut now. The steering wheel is straight in the 3rd picture. Shouldn't the pitman point more straight forward?
In the other pictures, I want to ream the stock pitman arm from the top(to fit the chevy tre) Question is, at full left turn, i am unsure if the chevy tre will hit the frame.
If anyone here has a Ford setup like this (Chadnutz?) Can you do me a favor and tell me how many turns of the steering wheel it takes to get to full left turn?
I am going to try to hit up Vilas tomorrow to see if they can ream everything for me. Should I take the Chevy tre specs(i have the numbers for the small/large parts of the taper) or would they rather have the actual tre that is going to mount into the taper?
no, it doesn't point strait forward. I just went outside and looked at the 350, and it looks just like yours
I took them the pitman arm and the TRE and told them to make them fit together, they did some type of "FM" process, then I picked it up later.
Chevy TRE's have a 1.5" per foot taper. Take the end to them anyway.
Did you ever get your rear disc breaks set up... if not can i borrow a bracket to make a copy of it
yeah, you can borrow the bracket, but i leave tomorrow for Pagosa, so give me a call if you need itQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
sweatness
you skiing? I'll be at Durango or Wolf Creek Saturday and Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBrown89
Yeah i was at PS, Wolf Creek, from Friday-Friday, not much snow, but got 3 outta the 4 days skiiing was good.
The overpriced ORU knuckle with the crossover arm on it contacts the upper part of the axle C, thus the knuckle does not turn. I wouldn't mind this from a more moderatly priced part, but for the amount of $$, it needed to bolt on no modification required. I will have to grind about 1/8" out of the C and the arm. They are going to get a call tomorrow
pic is a little deceiving, there is no gap there