Highboy Steering Conversion Question?? Once Again
Junior User
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 99
Likes: 0
From: Central Illinois
Originally Posted by krewat
Did you notch the cross-member? Just curious - that's the same thing I used... except the drag-link (mostly because I couldn't find a good one in the junkyard, so I'm not entirely sure I needed a longer one or not).
FTE Leadership Emeritus
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 42,561
Likes: 423
From: Long Island USA
Originally Posted by rodbender
No I didn't the one thing I did have to modify was the inner fenderwell and length of the steering shaft to the box. The clearance from the pitman arm and frame is pretty tight but it's been working for about ten years now.
haten'chevs, you have to determine that for yourself probably. The '79 box is a known thing to do, way back from the 80's when I heard about it. But I still measured everything out, took out the old parts, lined up the new, measured, measured and re-measured... then fab the "box out" of the inner frame where the box goes. Even though it's a "known" thing to do, there's still an "art" to it...
Anyone else out there use '80's boxes?
art k.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Highboy74
1973 - 1979 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
4
Dec 10, 2016 05:54 PM
JeffStrachan
Clutch, Transmission, Differential, Axle & Transfer Case
2
Sep 5, 2016 12:06 AM
idahoborn11
1967 - 1972 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
2
Oct 19, 2015 09:28 AM
supercabfreak
1973 - 1979 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
42
Oct 31, 2013 05:33 PM
