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Originally Posted by VictoriaHardware
That does seem logical but notice that GM never had the pitman length equal the idler arm length, at least not on trucks from '60-'89. So being equal must not be important. The safest bet is to do whatever GM did and make your idler arm match whatever your pitman arm usage was. In other words, if you have an '80 pitman, use the '80 idler. This may also make you change center links.
And yes the center link should be parallel to the crossmember.
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That does seem to be a good plan, especially if everything was the same year, etc. But in this case, and many who upgrade to power steering with our trucks, components may not be in the original locations which cause differences in the way things work.