Me and my mechanic are in the process of putting P30 spindles and brakes on my 1953 6400. We followed the steps in the sticky above to mount the spindles and they are on like a charm no issues. Unfortunately neither of us saw the mentions of using the P30 pitman arm and the axle I bought for parts didn't come with one so neither of us thought about swapping them.
After some brainstorming we figured that if we had the machine shop re-tapper the steering knuckle from the top the angle would allow us to use the original pitman arm and be good to go......... we were partially right. At full length the pitman arm and drag link connect to each other but when I draw up the link so that center of the steering arc is lined up with the front wheel being straight the tie rod doesn't have enough upward travel to facilitate.
After much gnashing of teeth the only option I see is to try to find a slightly longer pitman arm, with this in mind does anyone know how many splines the stock pitman arm has? I don't trust myself to be able to sit down and count the correct number.
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