Ackerman is the geometry in the steering linkage that causes the inside tire to turn more than the outside tire in a corner. Mr. Ackerman figured it out for horse drawn wagons that don't have a pivoting front axle and it still applies. When it is off one of the tires will scrub, sometimes enough to ...

Doing so will slow down the steering. Can speed it up at the pitman arm, but then the added leverage goes away. The real issue for me would be what it does for the Ackerman? OEM is not terribly great and I'm guessing that Ackerman isn't important to those who make those parts, so it probably suffers...

Good to know! The guy at Camarillo Alignment did a good job on it. He had commented when I towed the 4rnnr over to him to have it aligned a couple of years ago that he didn't like working on TTB's or I'd have taken it to him first. When I called him after the first shop's debacle (I'm being kind) an...

When I was working for Bill my mentor there came up with a simple formula for manual brakes. The overall leverage ratio target is 95:1 when considering the front calipers only. It can drop as low as 93:1 before the pedal feel becomes too stiff for almost everyone, but it can range up to about 100:1 ...

At first I thought maybe it got in the way of the intake plumbing, but looking at the engine cage it's more in the way than the booster could ever be. FWIW Bill Wood once commented to me that those brake bias adjusters are the singular largest headache his tech people have and he'd discontinue them ...

Thank you. I *think* that I've seen that page in the past, but it has been a long while.

Update: Bled the brakes and got a big bubble of air out of the rears. Brakes were great again. Then it slowly lost rear brake effectiveness. I replaced the m/c. Had great brakes again. Could clearly feel the rears working. Slowly the pedal travel increased and the rear brakes slowly ceased being eff...

Got the BJ replaced and made my alignment appointment. The owner of the alignment shop told me that one of his friends has a FSB with huge beams under it. He told me it was a real bear to get aligned (massive camber change in braking, barely fit on his rack, etc.), but that gave me confidence that I...

Who did the massaging of the TB? Why not a BBK TB? I had Ryan at JGM Motorsports build my 408. I have yet to install it, but I am very happy with his communication and follow-thru even when I asked him to do something that goes against the grain for most - paint the AL cylinder heads. Contrast that ...

On inspection they nicked the coil spring with their cut-off wheel when they cut the end of the threads off the ball joint stud. The level of incompetence is stunning. They were supposed to set the toe-in, only. Fortunately these are just the ProComp 24413 springs and nothing special. Already got a ...

No idea, not knowing what to buy I decided to give them a whirl. AND............ today the H2O pump gasket puked while at lunch. I've had lots of trouble-free old vehicle miles lately, I guess it was bound to catch up with me. That gasket is 863 miles old, supplied by Stewart Components with their p...

I had to change out that seal once in this project as I was seeing leakage on that side. Was a new seal, but it leaked. Don't know if it got damaged during the axle shaft install or what. I tried to be extremely careful about it given what's involved in getting to it to replace it. New seal leaked t...

Lacking actual alignment tools I sought out a local shop suggestion and had them align it. They said that the steering box was worn out (didn't seem like it to me, but OK) so I replaced it when I changed out the pitman arm. In the process of popping the linkage loose I found that the LH tie-rod asse...

I thought that I'd post here to mention a couple things about my rear D60 swap. I went D60 because buying a full-float was considerably less expensive than building one and based on my net research less the drums it didn't weigh a lot more than the complete (drum brakes included) 8.8 that it replace...

Going to an OEM pitman solved the bump-steer problem! Mucho Gracias!

On to the other 99+ things that need addressing.....

I don't, but JBG claims to have one that they'll sell me for $43 delivered. I guess I'll find out.

Got all that above sorted out, and got it aligned. Has some serious bump-steer and the box was about to time-out. Replaced the box with a supposedly new Ford part because I could get it fast. Lee PS was 2+ weeks out and I'm now needing to drive this truck. I've kept the old box and am tempted to hav...

Well, it was one the road briefly but it's had a noise in the front accessory drive that I hadn't been able to isolate. Using a Ø1/4" rod as a stethoscope. Past experience with this technique has been that when you place the rod on the culprit that it's really obvious. Not so in this case. Sounded l...

Wheeee! Does this truck stop!!! 40 to 0 feels like about 2.5 to 3 truck lengths. 50 to 0 isn't noticeably further. I ended up dialing the p-valve down to it's bare minimum and might just be able to run w/o it at all. Simulated panic stop slid all of the tools sitting in the pass Mastercraft seat up,...

3 Miles: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-kkd3VKf/0/d9e0a8b3/X2/i-kkd3VKf-X2.jpg That's a ~Ø1.55" shaft twisted off from 3 miles of surface street driving. The problem was that it was only just barely making contact with the housing at the inner end of the spindle's Ø1.563 bore. I did check it an...