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Old 01-04-2021, 09:47 PM   #26
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

maybe daveschilling could help you out.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=816489
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Old 01-05-2021, 10:49 AM   #27
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

I do get it figured out, after reading the previous posts. Thx for all the help though.
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Old 01-05-2021, 11:27 AM   #28
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

My driver’s side with plate and spacers
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Old 01-05-2021, 05:07 PM   #29
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

I believe a front sway bar does help a 1/2 ton truck with stock springs feel better in town or on the highway. I used a homemade setup to install a front bar from a square body truck into mine years ago. Last summer I replaced it with a stock bar that I removed from a GMC Panel. Both bars make a noticeable difference. If I were junkyard scrounging for a bar I'd start with a YJ Jeep. I did some quick measuring last summer and I believe the YJ bar(s) could be installed fairly easily.
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Old 01-05-2021, 05:30 PM   #30
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Current progress. (Added shocks since)
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Old 01-05-2021, 11:07 PM   #31
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

looks very much like my AD. the only other thing to think about is if you have a dropped I beam, the tie rod needs to mount UNDER the spindle arms. otherwise the tie rod will inter fear with the springs.
And yes, sway bars help alot. Ive got both front & rear. Doesnt handle like my Grand Cherokee, but the difference is noticable.
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Old 01-06-2021, 01:18 AM   #32
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

shiny. looks good.
will you keep the stock ride height?
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Old 01-06-2021, 10:15 PM   #33
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shiny. looks good.
will you keep the stock ride height?
Went with Posies drop springs is all, probably 2” in front. Other than that a flipped rear axle should lower it a touch as well.
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Old 01-09-2021, 02:43 PM   #34
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Re: Tie rod and steering linkage

G&R's57GMC photo of the right spindle shows the spacer at the top.

A design difference between TF and earlier trucks.

Looking at the photo of my spindle I posted earlier in the thread That has 54 car backing plates I have spacers top and bottom. I know I had to make one set or the other when I did the swap. That is a 54 3100 axle.
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