Dropped Lower Steering Arms-- Clearance Question

[Duke]

I was going to purchase a pair of Magnum super drop steering arms to clear the split 40 wishbones on my A. I am using stock 39 spindles. When I asked the local rod shop about them they said that they would be too low and that my tierod would be too close to the ground. They sugested that I cut a notch out of the wishbones to clear the tierod (and box the hole). Is anybody using these arms? Has anyone cut their wishbones?

Thanks

[36-3window]

i don't see why you should have any problem. on my `36 ford , i have a 4" drop superbell, `40 ford wishbones...and i have the deep drop CE steering arms that put the tie rod just right UNDER the wishbones...with 25" tall tires the tie rod is 5" from the ground


i don't think notching the `bones is needed

[Duke]

That is what I thought, the guy said the deep drop arms were only for use on 35 and up cars and trucks.

[36-3window]

yes,that's what they were designed for..but i don't think you should have any problems if your tie rod is just under the bones. where do they put the tie rod on you car? are you using a drop axle?

[Bugman]

The pitman arm and inner tierod ends on my Plymouth are 2 3/4" from the ground. I know I've smacked them on bumps before. Not a good thing, but a few accidental smacks shouldn't hurt you, and it looks like you'll have plenty of clearance anyway. I'm worried that one day they'll catch and rip off leaving me with no steering. As long as that's not the lowest point under the car, something else will scrape first, so you should be ok.

-Jeff

[Unkl Ian]

You need a new rod shop.

[Duke]

I am using a 46" magnum 4" dropped I beam. The parts guys told me that using those arms would make my tierod the lowest part of the car, thus I would not pass inspection. 36 is your axle lower than your tierod?

Thanks for the input guys.

[36-3window]

our front suspensions sound about the same. my tie rod is just right under the bones and is not the lowest part....the center of the axle is slightly closer to the gound

[SamIyam]

There are several ways to go about it... but the best way is to put the whole shooting match together and then look to see where the tie rod can go... I know with the forged stock arms I've ran the tie rod ends on top of the arms and below them... I have never used the bolt on arms, so I don't know what side of the arm they are tapered... but a tapered ream can fix the problem...

My advice is to assemble the car with the full weight of the chasssis on the tires and see if indeed the arm would be below the "scrub line"... my only concern would be if it was below this line.

Sam.

[bottle]

some Bolt on arm's are Taper on both side so you can run the tie rod on the top side of it,