Thread: Drag link question

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I'm just getting kinda stuck on my steering set-up. I want to mount mt rad nice and low but it gets in the way of my drag link if I do it this way. Can it be angled back a bit or does it have to be parallel on the vertical plane as well as the horizontal? Or would I be better off chopping my radiator about 4 or 5"? I'm running a 383 SBC with AFR heads and some other stuff so I wasn't sure if it could handle this with a small rad. As you can see I don't have a lot of room to play with.

Thanks,
Sean.

You are facing the same problem I did on my T. I took the easy way out and put the draglink out front, even thought I know the ackermann is goofy now.

I would simply heat and bend a slight S shape into the flat arms to bring the draglink and tie rod below your radius rod lower bar. It will be somewhat low there, but at least you can retain your cross steering and your ackermann.

To answer your question about keeping it level, yes, they generally recommend that you retain a level, parallel shape to the arms. So after you bend the arms down, rebend the ends back up level. It allows them to swivel on the tie rod ends better. You might also consider short tube spacers, like an inch long between the flat arms and your rod ends. If you keep them very short and the bolts tight it shouldn't give you any slop. I am going to have to do the same thing with my '39 Dodge (pictured below)

Don