1972 Plymouth Duster Alignment failure

Here's the thing. Start with your pitman. Is it worn? If not use it, and make CERTAIN it fits the center link correctly. The holes may have been "diddled." Look carefully at the diagrams I posted of the early / late setups. ALL THREE PARTS, the center link, the pitman, and idler, must match. You cannot just turn the center link "upside down."

Now if the first two parts are OK, and the holes have not been reamed, get an idler to match the first two.

Sorry, but I'd bet it's been reamed out to fit. This means, at the least you'll need a center link.

The "key" is what pitman you can get to fit your box. That is, whether it's large or small spline. You can use EITHER setup. Example, I converted my 67 to "late" spool K BUT used EARLY center link set up UNTIL NOW that I'm painting it........converting back to a power box. When I get done, it will have a LATE pitman / idler / center link, using the same tie rod ends.


Haha sorry if it seems like i'm not heeding all this info, i just want to be pretty sure of what and how i'm diagnosing these things, before i begin. I do finally get the difference in the two setups, but now the only thing that still isn't clear is how to tell the difference in small vs big splined on the gearbox. Is the difference noticeable? I didn't specifically see it in any of the links yall posted, and i did a search for gearbox spline changes. This car just seems a little like starting with Frankenstein and trying to turn it into the president