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Okay the truck is running and driving. This picture is misleading as after it was taken I had to remove the (only) threaded nut. It was crowding the three unthreaded nuts which need to spin freely
Hey guys,
what about the frame side?? I have a problem with the frame side of the linkage. I ordered all the bushings etc from LMC but the parts for the frame side they sent are just dups of the block side. That won't work for that side. There is a ball type piece that takes a different type of bushing, clip etc.
Any idea of the Ford p/n's of those parts and/or a place to buy them?? I can get access to some machinery to make them but it's a 150 mile round trip & I'd have to drive the truck or trailer it so I can test fit everything I make. Hurricane on it's Way to my area & it'll be a mess down here for awhile.
Thanks for any info.
Sully
Thanks, what a great idea...spindle with bearings..
I was going to machine a new ball part and then make the bushing out of Delrin (maybe). But as long as I'm maching, I could make the ball part out of stainless, clean up the hole some and put in a sealed bearing.
I don't know if I have any bearings the right size but I do have an assortment of high speed sealed bearings. Used them when I was repairing CNC routers (~10k - 18k+ RPM) those should hold up.
I hope you don't mind me stealing your idea??
Both the bushing & ball. The ball is slightly flat on 1 side, bushing is only half there, the other half came out in pieces. Luckily the hole is in good shape, just needs a little cleaning. Seems to have a burr or two, that's it.
I have copies of that drawing and it's the same as what LMC has on their website, only with their own p/n's. Instead of the partial Ford numbers.
On my 2 - 81 F100's IIRC there was 2 different frame side bushings but I cant remember if the frame brackets where different?
Can you post up apictureor2of what you have maybe we can come up with a fix.
What year, model, motor & trany does the truck have.
Now that plastic bushing. If you look at them they are not flat across the face they are curved.
Motor side pivot.
It is made that way because the motor moves around and if flat would put more stress on the cross shaft and the 2 pivots, motor & frame.
Dave ----
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