K-frame alignment?

Uncle Bob said

This evening, I removed the knuckle from the LCA so it's completely off the car. My thinking was the less weight on the LCA, the less it's being pulled out of position. I backed the LCA pivot bolt way off, and I was able to get the bar all the way in the front socket but it stops short of going in the back. At that point, the pivot shaft is to the rear so there is a gap between the shoulder on the pivot and the k-frame. I thought, maybe I can try holding the bar up into the socket and tighten the LCA pivot, drawing the whole thing in, but when I did the bar wouldn't move forward and pulled back out of the front socket the same amount the LCA moved forward. I've got about 1/4" of the bar outside the rear socket, plus that 1/8" or so it takes for the clip. So close, so far.

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alright, now we're kinda getting somewhere.

pull the LCA out entirely and see if the t-bar will slide thru the mount to around the position it's supposed to be. if the bar won't slide, there's something up with the hex either on the bar or on the mount. check, clean, inspect and retest.

then do the same on the front socket of the LCA, fit it up to bar outside of the car. it should slide all the way home. if no dice then there's either a burr on the bar or in the socket, or there's too much grease and the thing is hydro'd up in there. clean inspect retest.

so, now if both are cleanly fitting the bar hex ends, and you're still having install issues then you know something is out of whack.

here's an odd question, the LCA pin didn't get pushed past the back of the bushing and into the socket area when it was installed did it?