Steering Link Help

[jonn6464]

Just installed my steering link, but I'm having some memory loss...

Does the center link angle towards the back of the car or the front? I'm assuming towards the back, to accommodate the oil pan.

See the pic below for how it's installed now... angled towards the rear of the car. The tie rods and idler arm are mounted into the large end of the tapered hole.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Dfr360cuda]

That's aftermarket.
Maybe they could help.
Is the pic reversed ?
Strut rods are going the wrong way.

 

[jonn6464]

That's aftermarket.
Maybe they could help.
Is the pic reversed ?
Strut rods are going the wrong way.

K member is QA1 aftermarket, yes. The center link is original from the car.
The front of the car is at the right edge of the photo.
I'm fairly sure the strut rods are in properly, shaft bolt attached at the LCA and pivot head at the K member.

 

[Dfr360cuda]

Okay, now I see it.
My bad.
Steering box is not in yet.
I can look at my A body tomorrow

 

[72Dart6pack]

This is mine. Does this help you?

 

[jonn6464]

Okay, now I see it.
My bad.
Steering box is not in yet.
I can look at my A body tomorrow

Cool, I appreciate the help.

 

[jonn6464]

This is mine. Does this help you?

View attachment 1715123775

Maybe it's just the angle of the photo, but it seems to me that your steering link is angled towards the K member (front of car).

 

[72Dart6pack]

This is the before I restored it picture.

 

[jonn6464]

This is the before I restored it picture.

View attachment 1715123780

Just looking at your inner tie rods, and noticed that they are the opposite direction of mine. Yours face to the back and mine face to the front. So, that would mean that my center link is installed the opposite way of yours. Okay, need to reverse it.

 

[72Dart6pack]

Glad I could help.

 

[jonn6464]

Glad I could help.

Hey, just curious as to why everything is green in your "before" pic. Is that a primer or something?

 

[72Dart6pack]

A member here painted his car and was swapping out the front end after the paint job. So he said if I didn't mine Green he would sell it to me cheap. For the price I got it for Green was a great color. You saw my finished results.

 

[72Dart6pack]

That's all powder coated. Not a single rattle can on the finished front end.

 

[jonn6464]

That's all powder coated. Not a single rattle can on the finished front end.

well, it definitely looks great. nice job

 

[72Dart6pack]

Lower control arms are even the correct color. Not 100% factory correct but I'm super close.

 

[72Dart6pack]

Wanna know what I paid for the Green front end as you see it? Lol

 

[jonn6464]

Lower control arms are even the correct color. Not 100% factory correct but I'm super close.

cool. is this a current build or something you did in the past? with your disc brakes did you need to run longer
Camaro hoses or did the supplied hoses work for length?

 

[jonn6464]

Wanna know what I paid for the Green front end as you see it? Lol

I'll guess $750

 

[72Dart6pack]

Current build. Yes I ran Camaro lines. They are perfect.

 

[72Dart6pack]

$120 Because it was Green. It was rust free & had the swaybar tabs on the lower control arms too.

 

[jonn6464]

$120 Because it was Green. It was rust free & had the swaybar tabs on the lower control arms too.

$120!!! Did you buy it in 1985? That's unheard of. Nice score.

 

[72Dart6pack]

April of 2017. Yeah I got a good deal. I got all the replacement parts & brakes from Doctor Diff. Cass is awesome.

 

[72Dart6pack]

Swap your center link around and you will be good to go!

 

[jonn6464]

Swap your center link around and you will be good to go!

Gotcha, will do.