I have a 1965 Ford F350 with a dumping flat bed. The sterring wheel has a lot of play in it. I found the problem by looking at the steering linkage and suspension under the truck. The problem is, I do not know what the part is called. It a shaft with a ball joint on the end. One end is connected close to the steering box and the other end is connected to a short arm which is connected to the left wheel. Any help you can offer will be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance.

 

1965tontruck, Welcome to FTE and the 61-66 forum

One of our members familier with your series truck should be along shortly to help out.

John

 

That is the drag link. Pitman arm to spindle.

And the bad news......No One makes a replacment....

Barry, can you scrounge a part number up for a check with the NOS suppliers?

Garbz

 

Moog has all the parts you need. Try NAPA and ask for an old parts guy or lie and tell them you have a 78 F350. It is likley that the steering link and tie rod you need are the same for the lighter trucks (F100/F250)?

 

I also see you are in MD. E mail me at d.garber at bognetinc dot com and i can point you to my friend Tim who just restored a 65 F350 wrecker for his auto restoration bisuness, he is in DC. He may have one.

Garbz

 

Bill
The 65 F350 is a straight axle truck. it still uses the gemmer one piece box and shaft that the four wheel drives use. The draglinks are avalible for 57 to 60 but not 61 to 66.

Garbz

 

I want to thank everyone for their replies to me question. I thought the part would be difficult to obtain. I also have a 1964 Ford 4000 tractor, and the drag link is also hard to find (although there are other ways to fix the ball joint when it wears out).

Again, thanks for all your help.

Tim

 

Autozone has the draglink for $216 on their website.