frame mount trouble ???

[crankshaft]

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[zombie1969]

Mine looks low because its turned all the way left.Was trying to see how close the bent upward part of the centerlink gets to the pan.When the wheel is straigt the top of the centerlink is almost even with the top of the frame where the pan is located.If my pan was touching the frame it might contact the centerlink.As the centerlink moves left or right the slight downward angle of the pitman arm and idler arm move it downward almost hitting the centerlink guard thats welded to the lower front of the cradle.I did a search yesterday and came across a tec page put out by year one that said GM had 2 different style engin mounts.Tall and short.Mabye a call to these guys can help out.

[Hank70SS]

You really can't mix tall frame mounts and short engine mounts or the other way around, one frame mount is wider than the other. As long as you have a matching set of frame and engine mounts the end result is suppose to be the same.

[crankshaft]

between the centerlink guard ,, and the centerlink itself , I have over 1 inch space, which has me wondering my centerlink is too short,, wrong type. On your pic it close to the guard...

[crankshaft]

zombie , if you can measure me the centerlink lenght from where the 2 inner tie rods are bolted too , that can give me a good idea if our parts are same or not.

[zombie1969]

Not sure if itl help but will check it tomorow.Ill take some pics of the idler and pitman arm also.Do you have power steering?Reason I ask is of all the 64 and 65s ive had none had power and I had to convert it.And Im not positive but I think 67 is the latest year that is a direct swap.Something to think about when compairing.Ill measure my idler and pitman as well when im there.

[crankshaft]

it has power steering..... that would be great if you take those pics for me,, and give me the length of the centerlink too please. thanks again for your time ,, i owe you big time !!!

[crankshaft]

thanks for the pic ,,I'll measure it tomorrow after work. Car is at my friends garage.

[zombie1969]

Originally Posted by stalkingbear

My '65 with factory power steering is 14 1/4 inches - center tie rod bolt to center tie rod bolt.

Hope this helps as well as pictures.

Your engin looks like it sits way higher than mine.Took some measurements also.My centerlink center to center on the inners was 14.5.Pitman to idler was 23.Both the pitman and idler measured 5.0 center to center.Took some pics but photobucket not working fo some reason.

[zombie1969]

Originally Posted by stalkingbear

Zombieman... do you have a '65 or do you have a '69? Just curious as I believe '68 changed stuff. I'm going out to double check my measurements.... I'm getting old, you know.

I got a 64.Before I got it from a friend of mine who tboned another car in a rotery.He repaced the frame and front clip.I am 100% positive its a 64 frame because I helped strip the car it came off.As far as the steering linkage is conserned on that frame who knows.There is always a chance of an incorect part being replaced at some point in its life.Cant find any info anywhere that gives the measurements in these parts so Ill be happy it works.