the bodj
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Using the inner tie rod pivot I'm currently using since it was already pulled up.
Chipping away. I'm really liking this so far. Things fit nicely, very small bends, Should be pretty easy to build.
Driver frame rail swinger will have to be recessed into the frame, and unfortunately it looks like I need a raised pitman arm?
The tie rod at bump is right where the pitman arm needs to be. It looks like a lot of room in the picture below, but it's only ~3/4" where the nut will need to fit, reducing it down to quarter inch clearance.
Looking at it from the passenger side with the pass side swinger removed. I can extend the pitman arm and drop it down like a horseshoe around the tie rod, but that seems weird to me.
Full bump going straight. The only interference I see is if the driver tire is 100% bumped and turning left, which I don't ever see happening.
I'd see it happening here at the swinger and tie rod
A little more bend would probably solve it, but it's already at 15* and I don't want much more. I can move the Driver frame rail swinger rear another 1/4", which might help. Probably move the other swinger a little forward, too.
The blue circle is the path of the steering arm at full bump (not exactly, as it's shown on the flat plane, not the angled plane the beam actually makes), but it's enough to show the arm moves forward as it turns right, and rearward as it turns left. The black horizontal line represents 7" of side to side movement, or about 46* of arc.
At this point I guess I get to move the swingers forward and backward a bit to see how it all clears
