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Originally Posted by dmsfrr 
The blind nut inside the frame pulled thru and someone tack welded the casting to the frame, which of course didn't stay put at all. Had to open up the frame to put in a replacement nut.
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Originally Posted by Daves55Sedan 02-08-2018 Post #17
dmsfrr...
The power steering idler arm bracket is a cast iron idler arm and ram cylinder holding bracket all in one piece.
One bolt to hold the ram cylinder shaft end is not enough. That's partly why it failed along with someone trying to attempt to weld cast iron.
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The 55/57 BIRD 3351 MTG BRACKET only utilized a single cap screw at the bottom of the rail, the FORD applications two. Why I would not know.
Same amount of stress exerted (allowing for vehicle weight).
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Fomoco made at least three different power steering idler arm brackets in the mid fifties. I have a couple spare ones out in the garage with a 100% complete refurbished '55 power steering setup.
The brackets I have are not correct for the full size Fords. Maybe T-bird, or truck?
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Shown below is the early (pre-57) FORD bracket (1st photo) with the reliefs for the nut inserts as you described previously.
Also shown is he 55/57 BIRD bracket (2nd photo).
That CASCO kit (combined 3C590 and 3C589) is worth it's weight in gold...
