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Steering column rebuild 67 barracuda steering column rebuild post 9 has a nice exploded view of what you will be working with. Search the archives, many good threads on here to help you.

I would take your column apart and remove the old shifter shaft and get that out of the way. Now you can cut the outer tube close to the firewall and insert your new bearing.

Yes the lower control arm and tie rod pivot is correct. A bodies upper and lower pivot points are not the same.

One thing you can do to get some relief is raise the front end a little bit which will make your tie rods closer to parallel to the ground. Another aspect I forgot to mention is the tie rods pivoting at the same point as the lower control arm so they move together.

That only helps bump steer. Not steering geometry.

That is what I thought, the problem is by swapping the steering link from the rear (correct geometry) to the front make it way off. The simplest way to explain it is for you to take an imaginary line from the center of the rear end to the front ball joints. Your tie rod needs to intersect that...

Not enough information to help you. Is the rack in front of rear of the wheel centerline?

Search the archives, this has been discussed in depth already

Have you seen this Dart?

You might want to check your lower control arms, they have been known to bend.

You can use the parking brake cables from the original rear end. I like to use a longer ruber brake hose from the axle to the body as the original ones are not really long enough.

The first thing I would check is the Grant steering wheel hub. If it wasn't super tight, it could have spun on the steering shaft.

I did mine by welding in the original bolt holes before drilling the new ones and converted to Disc brakes at the same time. A car I bought years ago had them just redrilled, no problem. Do what makes you feel most comfortable, it is your car.

Wow, Those headers have great ground clearance. Who made those?

You will also find torque boxes on all convertible cars

And they do not line up correctly at the front!

I tried to use them but the bar I have interfered with the lower radiator support bar. Ended up making my own.

You may want to get these to mount your bar in the stock location

Excellent welds!

No drilling required. Just flip and bolt on. DONE

? Why buy those when you can use the factory ones swapped side for side?

do you need a set of spring perches or shock mount plates?

7.25 are smaller

Right on, Happy wrenching

Rob, because they are new it does not matter. Once they are used you should put them back the same direction and side.

Yes, the Duster is lighter and will not settle as much, I would flip the front mounts and be happy!

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I think if you move the Idler arm the same amount, you will have no problems. There is enough adjustment in the tie rods to make up for what you are doing. Let us know how it turns out. btw there is enough "slop" for you to loosen the plate that the steering column mounts to at the firewall to...

what do you define as improvement? stiffer? Yes more road feel? Yes