Short pitman arm

[Tom Cavallaro]

I have read somewhere that Henry found that by shortening the pitman arm it was easier to steer, which was done in 1932. This can be verified by som of our pros here.

[MikeK]

Originally Posted by Tom Cavallaro

I have read somewhere that Henry found that by shortening the pitman arm it was easier to steer, which was done in 1932. This can be verified by som of our pros here.

The '32 pitman arms were indeed shorter, but they were also linked to a front end with different geometry on the spindles and different tires. Drawing a conclusion that the steering was 'easier' because of a single component change out of a system that also had other changes cannot be logically supported without further investigation of the complete system.