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Hioridge 02-27-2014 04:31 PM

RHD Shortened Pitman arm
 

Does anyone know if the shortened pitman arm such as part number A3590S from Tam's will work on a right hand drive Model A?

Juggler 02-27-2014 06:53 PM

Re: RHD Shortened Pitman arm
 

Pitman arms are handed. If you lay them flat on a their back with the ball upright, the one that twists to the right is lhd, one that twists to the left is rhd.

I'm not aware of any vendor that sells a shortened rhd pitman arm. You could however, at your own risk, heat and twist a lhd arm to fit. My buddy has done it and I plan to do one soon.

Regards

Juggs

Logan 02-27-2014 08:10 PM

Re: RHD Shortened Pitman arm
 

I can't remember forsure, but I think maybe on my rhd speedster I couldn't get the pitman arm seperAted from the draglink, and I didn't have a lot of time to mess around with it. And I think I took a lhd pitman arm and drag link and used them. But I put the pitman arm ball facing outward instead of inward. And this allowed me to effectively steer it. Seems to work just fine for me.


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