"Drum to Disc" conversions 67-70 pics and videos

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Gregski

so picked up a center steering link today from a '72 3/4 ton

Just an fyi,…c20/c30 parts are different than c10 parts.
That centerlink won’t work with your c10 inner tie rods.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by lolife99

Just an fyi,…c20/c30 parts are different than c10 parts.
That centerlink won’t work with your c10 inner tie rods.

Noooooooo, side by side they are exactly the same lengths and inner tie rod holes are larger on the 71-72 one as they should be, also the only thing I see on Rock Auto for the MOOG inner tie rod specs is that the C20 are longer

C10 MOOG ES403L Length Stud Center to End (IN) 8.740

C20 MOOG ES409LT Length Stud Center to End (IN) 8.858
Part number es409lt has a stud diameter at the top of .66 inches, a stud diameter at the bottom of .748 inches, and the stud thread is 5/8-18.

what did you notice that would prevent this center link from working with the C10

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Noooooooo, side by side they are exactly the same lengths and inner tie rod holes are larger on the 71-72 one as they should be, also the only thing I see on Rock Auto for the MOOG inner tie rod specs is that the C20 are longer

C10 MOOG ES403L Length Stud Center to End (IN) 8.740

C20 MOOG ES409LT Length Stud Center to End (IN) 8.858
Part number es409lt has a stud diameter at the top of .66 inches, a stud diameter at the bottom of .748 inches, and the stud thread is 5/8-18.

what did you notice that would prevent this center link from working with the C10

I was just going by the fact that the inner tie rods were different.
I guess it’s possible to run a c20 inner and a c10 outer.
I’ve just never done it.
Plus I didn’t know if the pitman and idler arms were the same.
All of my disc brake write up was for c10s because that’s where the bulk of the questions were from.

I’ll be interested to see what you find out.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by lolife99

I was just going by the fact that the inner tie rods were different.
I guess it’s possible to run a c20 inner and a c10 outer.
I’ve just never done it.
Plus I didn’t know if the pitman and idler arms were the same.
All of my disc brake write up was for c10s because that’s where the bulk of the questions were from.

I’ll be interested to see what you find out.

I just plan on running both C10 inner and outer tie rods in this supposed C20 center link (with these old trucks I don't trust anything especially without part numbers on it, and this truck had after market tubular lower control arms that were hacked and lowered and welded all up funky so who knows what other steering parts it had)