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Originally Posted by 84chevyguyid

I read someplace that to minimize bump steer, your drag link needs to be in the same plane as the leaf spring. The guy I bought the axles from says that by using the dodge steering arm and redoing the taper from the top, the angle will pretty close with a 3 to 4 inch lift. The chevy arm curves back whereas the dodge arm comes straight out, what effect does that have on things? Whats the reasoning for that, doesnt the chevy and dodge steering box sit in about the same spot on the frame? Trying to get my head around why...

I've always been told you want the drag link in a push pull system to be nearly flat as possible to eliminate bump steer and to allow full side to side travel of the steering box. I'm guessing the reasoning for the steering arm differences are due to the placement of the steering boxes from the chevy to dodge frames. The dodge box is farther forward and attaches to a steel bracket, then to the frame. The dode drag link is longer than a chevy as well. Plus the dodge spring perches are taller so they probably needed to correct the drag link geometry and that's why they use a different arm design. Imo