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Old 09-04-2005, 10:42 PM   #17
b454rat
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Steering is the easy part. Whatever axle you use, you will need a crossover arm for the pass side. This is the easiest to do on a Dana 60 cause you unbolt the cap and bolt on the steering arm. On Dana 44 or 10 bolt, you need to get a flat top knuckle, have it machined flat, and have three holes drilled in it. Basically it has to look like the drivers side arm. Arms for either one are around $100. Couple ways around the pitman arm, which is off the steering box. I used a stock arm off a 1/2 ton 77-79 Ford 4wd. Can't use 3/4, way different arm. With that arm and just the crossover arm, my draglink is almost flat, which is what you want. I'm running just about 6" all together. If you go bigger, you will need a spacer to put under the arm, and maybe a drop down pitman arm old number is SUP-1104. But it's for the 77-79 1/2 Ford, they run about $60. For the draglink, use a tierod off mid 80s 1/2 and 3/4 ton 4wds. It's 3 pieces, and the center tube is what you want. Get the axle in at the height you want, then measure pitman arm to steering arm, in both directions, and then cut to length. Dont' forget to figure in the draglinks. Besides the crossover arm, I have about $20 in my crossover.
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