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aar pitman arm question?
Hey Guy's
Car in question 1973 cuda, was originally a power steering car, now has a 1970 manual steering box and pitman arm. my question, i would like to go to the fast ratio aar pitman arm ! Can i simply intall the arm without any other mods? Thanks all for your time! Charlie B. |
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Quick Ratio Manual Steering
"Quick ratio T/A and AAR pitman arms
Steering with a genuine T/A arm is 12.7:1; 2.xx? turns lock to lock. Stock is 16:1; 3.5 turns lock to lock. With the commonly called "T/A quick steering box" the box is not quick steering, the arm is. The T/A arm is longer. The worm gear ratio in the box is the same. The unit is different though. The internal stops are different to compensate for the greater distance swept by the longer pitman end, to keep the wheels from turning into the inner fenders. T/A pitman arms have different spline indexing/clocking! If you put an real T/A arm on a non T/A steering box, both wheels will turn more one way than the other. It is known that the T/A quick ratio box cars still came with the standard short idler arm. This will cause the passenger wheel to over turn near full lock. This can be fixed by putting on a '71 Fury idler. Remember, not all T/A or AAR's got quick arm boxes on them and some '71's got them." :http://waywardmusclecars.com/tech/MoparSuspension.html Dont worry, Firm Feel and Just Suspention both offer a long style pitman arm/ idler arm set that is bolt in for the effect you are looking for with the 16:1 box. |
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Thanks
Thanks for the info much appreciated!!
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Go to Firm Feel. THey have the correct arms to do your swap. www.firmfeel.com
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