What did I do wrong???? Ahhhhh!!!!

[64stpside]

On my 64 I did a pwr steering conversion using capt. fab's bracket kit. I didn't pay attention to the center link to frame clearance before
removing the old manual box. I have about 1/4 in clearance...after cleaning all the dirt of the frame and center link.
It's gotta be too close. I can't believe I set the template too low to mark the holes for mounting the box......at least I don't think
I did as i'm very very careful with stuff like this (at the dealership I work at, I do a lot of installs that require templates like spoilers etc.)

My questions are:
1. Is the box sitting too low?

2. Can I just grind the back side of the center link slightly flat to increase clearance without making it unsafe?

3. Is the new pitman are up far enough?

[chevy_mike]

Your pitman arm looks fine. The splines have a taper to them, so it will only go up so far. As for clearance, it's not rubbing that's good. When you turn, the center link will move away from the crossmember as it moves on the arc of the pitman and idler arm. The center link looks parallel to the crossmember, which is what you need. As long as nothing is rubbing when you go full left to right, you're good.

[TopFuel1966]

X 2. That's about the same clearance mine has.

[64stpside]

What a relief, thanks guys....

[LostMy65]

Here's how the template was made :
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=438509

[64stpside]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Here's how the template was made :
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=438509

I don't see how you got your drag link that far away from the cross member. I looked and saw that the bottom of our adapter plates are very similar as far as the distance from the bottom edge of the plate to the bottom edge of the frame so I don't think I mounted my bracket too low.

[Curtis65]

I'm assuming that pics takin with the truck sitting on the ground and not on jack stands mine was real close to but did not a rub mark after 2 yrs!!!

[chevy_mike]

Originally Posted by 64stpside

I don't see how you got your drag link that far away from the cross member. I looked and saw that the bottom of our adapter plates are very similar as far as the distance from the bottom edge of the plate to the bottom edge of the frame so I don't think I mounted my bracket too low.

If you're talking about this picture,



looking at it, the center link is bent. Mine originally had this issue because someone tried to pull the truck from the center link. If you look at my used replacement, it's straight.



I was looking at mine last night and it has about the same clearance that you show.