Steering arms

Our hope was to have the front end built last night. A little problem came up when we realized our steering arms were gone. We think they made it to the scrap yard with our front drum brakes.

No problems though. My brother in law pulled a 67 frame out of the snow with his tractor.

My son and I then spent the next 3 hours hammering, heating, cutting, swearing and finally getting the coveted steering arms. We prepped and painted the arms and went to bolt them in. The holes were too small for the 1/2 inch Power Brake kit bolts. A trip to the hardware store for a 1/2 inch high speed steel bit was in order.

Funny thing was only the drivers side had to be drilled. The passenger side was fine.

Good thing the brother in law has a nice drill!

My son torquing the bolts.

Today we hope to work on hooking up the tie rod ends, sway bar, center link and a few other odds and ends. We'll also begin to prep the rear end too. Control arms and stuff.

 We still have to try and get a bolt out of the steering box. The end broke off due to rust and corrosion. It is soaking in Parts blaster now. I think it may have to be drilled out. We'll see. New steering boxes are $200 + so I aim to get that bolt out.