manual steering conversion help

[themudgician]

ok guys i have a 74 swinger that has power steering and i bought a 72 manual box from a demon and the steering adaptor from mancini racing. i bolted it all up and when i put my pitman arm on the manual box from the 74 it was way to big for the splines on the manual box. the 72 pitman arm the ball joint goes in the center link from the bottom and the 74 went in from the top. is there a pitman arm i can get that will go in the top of the center link. or what can i do to make the manual box work. thanks for any help

 

[mopardude318]

what you have is a manual box from the earlier style cars. (67-72) if you use that box on a newer (73-76) car, you will also need the corresponding steering linkage that goes with it. you will need a 68-72 pitman arm, idler arm, and center link..

 

[themudgician]

what you have is a manual box from the earlier style cars. (67-72) if you use that box on a newer (73-76) car, you will also need the corresponding steering linkage that goes with it. you will need a 68-72 pitman arm, idler arm, and center link..

ok thank you

 

[hypermite]

Couldn't he just get the correct pitman arm for his application? (a manual steering 74 dart) ?

 

[RedFish]

Couldn't he just get the correct pitman arm for his application? (a manual steering 74 dart) ?

manual and power used the same pitman arm 73 and up so he already has it. Someone once posted here about discovering a pitman arm on a much later aspen or diplomat or something that would serve as the missing link or the arm the factory never made for a-body. Until its confirmed with pics I wont believe it exists.

 

[blue73duster]

http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/mo19ebo19bo1.html

thats the pitman arm you need , it will work with the small sect. box and the 73 and up suspension

the manual and power steering pitman arms are not the same 73 and up
72 earlier are

search my posts(i will if i have time later) I posted some pictures for someone on this before

 

[themudgician]

dang i already bought 69 style drag link and pitman and idler arm. thats just my luck oh well

 

[mopardude318]

so I gave this guy the wrong advice????

 

[blue73duster]

so I gave this guy the wrong advice????

not really,
either way it works out,, as long as you get it together..lol

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=62906

heres mine,with pics, I havent put it in the car yet,I'm waiting until I change motors in a couple months

 

[themudgician]

well i got all my steering parts today, a centerlink for a big block 69 swinger a new pitman arm for a big block 69 swinger and a idler arm. went to slide the pitman arm on and it was sloppy as heck it is the same size sect as my ps 74 box. i thought all 69 manual boxes were small sect i bought it new from egge machine company for a 69 big block. im confused

 

[Purple Haze]

Sounds like you have a newer pitman arm. You are right the 69 was small sector. SEE http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=95983

 

[blue73duster]

they gave you the wrong pitman arm
http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/mo19bopiarm.html

moog 7074 is 72 and earlier small sector box

I dont know if your familiar with bigblockdart.com, but they have great tech pages with several suspension part numbers
I think you could find it cheaper than the mancini link i posted

autozone .......http://www.autozone.com/autozone/ca...&navValue=14600199&itemId=199-0&parentId=46-0

 

[Dukester]

The only thing he needs is a pitman arm for a 73 & up A body. The manual boxes for all manual steering A-bodies are the same, the pitman arm is what changed.

 

[70aarcuda]

moog K7075 is manual steering pitman arm 73 and newer...

 

[kempkan]

I just went through the same headache. You guys are right he needs the k7074 pitman arm its a 1" sector shaft were the '73 and up are a 1 1/8" sector shaft.