Trying to find some info for my friend Tom Langwlll (check out his car in my photo album) who is updating the steering box in his 32 Ford coupe. He is replacing the 34 Ford box that is in it with a nice 48 Ford F-1 box he picked up. The problem he is having is the pitman arm off the 34 box will not fit on his F-1 box. He doesnt want to buy a new repro F-1 pitman because it uses a ball on the end of the pitman and his car is already set up for a tie rod end at the bottom of the pitman. So here is the question...does any one make a repro pitman that will fit on the spline of his F-1 box and accept a tie rod end? or is there a Ford part that will work? Seems like someone has to have had this problem before us. Thanks in advance for any help!
I've have used 37-48 ford p***enger/pickup pitman arms on an F1 box several times. He will need to file out the four locator splines to clock the arm correctly and it may need a p*** with the blue wrench to bend it into shape.
I've never dealt with those model pitman arms but if I'm not mistaken that ball is riveted on and can just be cut and pressed off. Then drill using a tapper reamer
Yup. What Any said said. Early splined Chevy pitman arms will work on the Ford box too. Break out the file and have at it
Ford at least '32-51 use that, and many or most later USA steerings with that diameter. '32 also had forged-on ball, so what he has is either modifies or a different year. Only '33-4 used the integral ball on early Ford p***enger arms.
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