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What I did was to install the steering box, the pitman arm, and then I installed the centerlink on this side. Then connect the idler arm to the centerlink, and the idler arm bracket (that you'll be attaching to the frame) to the idler arm.

There are two measurements you must be concerned with when mounting your centerlink: level and square. To establish level I bought two cheap magnetic torpedo levels. I attached one to the middle of the centerlink, and the other on the flat flange of the crossmember where the front ubolts for the lower controll arm go through.

Then, to ensure squareness, I clamped a piece of square steel to the frame just in front of where the centerlink mounts. I squared this piece of steel by measuring an equal distance from the motor mount bracket holes on the crossmember. I used two machinist squares to measure the distance from the squared reference point to both the left and right sides of the centerlink.

Finally, with help from a friend, I slid the idler bracket up and down on the frame until it was level with the crossmember, and the slid it forwards and backwards on the frame until it was square. I then used a huge c-clamp to hold the idler bracket in place while I double checked my measurements, and then drilled the holes.

Pro-tip: make sure you make all of your adjustments by lifting and sliding the idler bracket, and that the centerlink is hanging free while you're making you're measurements. The reason being that the various joints on the centerlink will allow you to be off up to 1/4 inch on both you're measurements (square and level). By adjusting from the idler bracket you let the rest of the centerlink assembly hang as it will naturally during operation.