Mikes Bucket
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I spent some time today relocating my tie-rod. I've always wanted the tie-rod behind the axle. Would have preferred to have it below the chassis and radius rods, but there's just no room to do that with my setup. Thought I'd share some photos.
My "old" setup used Total Performance lower steering arms and a Speedway upper steering arm. Tie-rod was 3/4" O.D.
My new setup uses CCR upper steering arms. The driver's side arm doubles as a tie-point for both the tie rod and drag-link. Since the new tie-rod needed to be a different length, I shortened an "old" drag-link I had lying around(sounds like those magazine budget build-ups where they happen to have a blown big-block just lying around the shop). So, my tie-rod is now 7/8" O.D., which makes my 3/4" front radius rods look puny. The tie-rod is now 2.5" above the top of my spring perch.
To make the CCR arms work with my Speedway GM-metric brake kit, I had to rotate the calipers toward the back a few degrees by swapping the caliper brackets from left-to-right, and rotating them to place the calipers where they needed to be.
In a few years, I'll let you know how it drives........
Mike
My "old" setup used Total Performance lower steering arms and a Speedway upper steering arm. Tie-rod was 3/4" O.D.
My new setup uses CCR upper steering arms. The driver's side arm doubles as a tie-point for both the tie rod and drag-link. Since the new tie-rod needed to be a different length, I shortened an "old" drag-link I had lying around(sounds like those magazine budget build-ups where they happen to have a blown big-block just lying around the shop). So, my tie-rod is now 7/8" O.D., which makes my 3/4" front radius rods look puny. The tie-rod is now 2.5" above the top of my spring perch.
To make the CCR arms work with my Speedway GM-metric brake kit, I had to rotate the calipers toward the back a few degrees by swapping the caliper brackets from left-to-right, and rotating them to place the calipers where they needed to be.
In a few years, I'll let you know how it drives........
Mike