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Old 04-06-2024, 07:22 PM   #1
AustinBelair
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Location: Austin, Texas
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I'm SO lost on this build regarding steering

So! Let me preface this by saying, we (Myself and my parents) had 2 of the same trucks (66 C10 big window fleetside short bed) and we built up one of them into a "show truck" and just did a refresh on the other to make it street worthy for my older parents to drive.

2 kids, job changes, both parents having cancer (still do) and ton of other stuff happening over the last 6 years, my memory is very weak on what parts I used on what truck and what worked then and what didn't etc.

So, both folks are sick and decided they wanted to LS swap this last 66 we have (Sold the other one to pay medical stuff) and just make it a SAFE cruiser for them to enjoy while they can.

I feel like I have let them down because my mind is just so frazzled at this point that I don't know what I'm doing with this thing.

So here is what I DO know:

CPP drop spindles
Eibach (I think) front 1" drop springs
1.25" square body rotors and single piston calipers

I do NOT remember:

What spindles I bought (63-70, 71-72 or 73-87)
What tie rods I have
What center link I have
What Idler arm I have

I bought them a new Borgeson 12.7:1 performance sttering box and capnfab steering bracket. I had to mod the capnfab bracket because it was wobbly and wouldn't quite clear the Borgeson box.

I installed the bracket today with the box and bought the CPP pitman arm that I read that I needed.

Nothing lines up at all and it would, the center link would hit the crossmember in a major way.

I just pulled the center link and tried to flip it, nope, not working.

I am tempted to pull the CPP drop spindles and buy the modular spindles they offer in the 73-87 style and run all 73-87 steering BUT I don't know how to adapt the 73-87 1.25" disc brake setup to those spindles AND I cannot for the life of me, find a center or drag link for a 2wd 73-87 C10.
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