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I have converted my 70 to Borgeson. While it was a factory power steer, I chose to use all manual steer linkages - drag link, idler and pitman arm. The idler is an Open Tracker roller, the drag link is a non genuine one I bought years ago and I used an ACP pitman arm, which is listed as being for 67-70 as it has the 1 1/8" sector shaft. The drivers side is sitting about an inch down from the lower arm pivot point, and I am getting bump steer. The LH side is good and lines up level with the lower arm pivot. When comparing the 2 pitman arms, there is about an inch difference where it joins to the drag link, and there is my issue: Manual steer, on the car Power steer, off the car Can anyone confirm if the OEM Ford manual steer pitman arms are straight or kinked up? And if they are straight how is the geometry managed? I first thought the pitman arm was not far enough up on the sector shaft, but there's fractions in it, not inches. And I beat on it when installing it so I don't think there's any more travel left. Yes, I could change back to power steer linkages, but all the manual stuff is new and I don't particularly like the Borgeson ball stud adaptor (OCD peaks when I see it).
