Drag link repair

[Dwight Farmer]

Does anyone have info on 58-62 drag link repair. Looking for info on assembly procedures. Thanks.

[James F.]

Re: Drag link repair

Dwight, Assembly order, first, cotter pin, end plug, spring, ballseat. Then there is the pittman ball coming in through the opening. Continuing on there is, ball seat, plug, spring. With wheels straight ahead, tighten end plug until springs are compressed and plug bottoms then back off 3/4 turn plus amount to insert cotter pin. As your question was not specific I'm guessing this may be of help. Regards,

[James F.]

Re: Drag link repair

Dwight, Assembly order, first, cotter pin, end plug, spring, ballseat. Then there is the pittman ball coming in through the opening. Continuing on there is, ball seat, plug, spring. With wheels straight ahead, tighten end plug until springs are compressed and plug bottoms then back off 3/4 turn plus amount to insert cotter pin. As your question was not specific I'm guessing this may be of help. Regards,

[Bill Clupper]

Re: Drag link repair

Dwight, If Jim's info isn't specific enough, get a copy of any old pass car shop manual, (I'm using a copy of '49-53 Chevrolet edition for reference, & the Drag link is covered in the same section as the steering box-referred to as "steering Connecting Rod Assembly" in my book (Section 9)

[Bill Clupper]

Re: Drag link repair

Dwight, If Jim's info isn't specific enough, get a copy of any old pass car shop manual, (I'm using a copy of '49-53 Chevrolet edition for reference, & the Drag link is covered in the same section as the steering box-referred to as "steering Connecting Rod Assembly" in my book (Section 9)

[John]

Re: Drag link repair

If you buy a rebuild kit, make sure the replacement ballseats have holes drilled through them to provide a path for grease - I've seen some rebuild kits where the seats don't have the holes in the center, and the only grease those joints are ever going to see is what goes in during assembly.

[John]

Re: Drag link repair

If you buy a rebuild kit, make sure the replacement ballseats have holes drilled through them to provide a path for grease - I've seen some rebuild kits where the seats don't have the holes in the center, and the only grease those joints are ever going to see is what goes in during assembly.