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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 01:25 PM
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little steering...
The driver side tie rod on the 77 needs replacing, it has the Y style steering where one arm goes from the steering box to passenger tire, the one for the driver side comes off that one bout half way. so when i lifted the truck it toed the tire's inward it also every time i get on it and the front end raises pulls the tire's even more in, I have the tie rod turned out as far as possible but they are still toed in, i dont car if it is exactly perfect because it dont see the hwy.

I have been searching for a longer tie rod to get them toed out so the tires dont plow so bad, Im convinced it is slowing me down and it also makes it a PITA to drive straight. anyone know who makes a extended tie rod? or a cheaper cross over type steering? the ones i have been seeing are running like 3-400 bucks and I aint shelling that out right now...
 
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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 03:05 PM
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Dana 44????
 
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Do like Me, Kris, Karl have done. Get some DOM, run pitman arm to top of pass knuckle. Run tie rod from bottom pass knuckle to driver bottom knuckle.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2013 | 04:28 PM
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Throw in some 2",5/16 wall DOM for extra cool points.


 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 08:25 AM
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yes it is a 44, ill see just looking into some option's i just noticed that the steering bar's are both bent a little bit, gonna straighten them up for now, and reinforce them better. this will be a winter project so just trying to gather idea's. id like to have a longer tie rod for now though
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 09:32 AM
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LEB ftw



Passenger side knuckle
 
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Old Mar 24, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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go ahead a make me a set and mail them up...
 
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Will do as so as the check clears
 
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just mark it up as advertisement and send a couple stickers with them..
 
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Too late Larry, I already got that deal for mine.

Yeah, I managed to bend chromo steering links. Oops.
 
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He'll have more $ in new OEM style steering linkages than a DOM/heim setup.

I priced them when I did 84 SAS.
 
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Paul, how the heck did you bend that setup we built you?
 
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