37 gmc

[bob w]

I'm late to the party but Your truck is the sum total of what most of us would like to build. It's got all the right stuff and is built by a good guy with lot of skill and experience.

 

[joedoh]

oh wow, that sure looks great man!

can you take a vid walkaround with it rumpity rumping and potatopotatopotatopotato? (say it out loud!)

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[Old Iron]

I decided to remove the Vega steering box and install a rack and pinion.
What a difference it made in the control of the vehicle [dr
This truck has a 48" measurement from kingpin to kingpin and a Dodge Omni rack fits with very little modification.
Since the rack is rear steer what I had to do was cut 3/4" off both tie rods and use the lathe to cut the jamb nuts in half, make a bolt-in mount then make tapered shims because of the difference in the steering arm and the tie rod ends shaft size. I used a Mustang ll u-joint 9/16" 26 spline.

 

[Torchie]

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[Tripper]

Slick!!! [cl[cl[cl

BoB

 

[soltz]

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[forbigpicture]

Looks like it was made for it... great job OI...

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[Burgerman]

Nice work Iron. Like all the photos.

 

[DozerII]

Really nice install [cl[cl

 

[Bamamav]

Every time anybody asks about putting a r&p on a beam axle, yours is what I told them would be the way to do it. Much better IMHO than trying to mount it to the axle and having to have some kind of telescopic steering shaft

 

[05snopro440]

Every time anybody asks about putting a r&p on a beam axle, yours is what I told them would be the way to do it. Much better IMHO than trying to mount it to the axle and having to have some kind of telescopic steering shaft

The way he mounted it is a similar idea to the unisteer racks.

 

[Old Iron]

The way he mounted it is a similar idea to the unisteer racks.

It is.
On this style you eliminate the push pull part and hook the r&p to the tie rod holes on the spindles.
The part I like too is, ya have to be lookin straight at it to know it's R&P

 

[joedoh]

outstanding!

 

[forbigpicture]

I like the way you think OI

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[05snopro440]

I like the way you did it, it's a nice clean install. Did you have any bump steer before, and how does it seem now for bump steer?

 

[Old Iron]

I like the way you did it, it's a nice clean install. Did you have any bump steer before, and how does it seem now for bump steer?

It didn't have any bump steer with the Vega box and still doesn't have any but, drive so much better

 

[Old Iron]

Had a rocker arm oil passage plug up and wore out a pushrod so I bought a set of Hot Heads adjustable push rods and now all is good again.

 

[Torchie]

Torchie

 

[earthman]

Excellent. So your shop wasn't damaged in the storm?

 

[joedoh]

man thats a clean head [cl[cl