ok heres the deal, I did the t5 swap, and decided while i had my pedals out, i might as well change my nasty steering box and column (and you wouldnt believe how rough it was to spin once i had it out of the car), so I bought a 95 isuzu trooper integrated p/s gear from the junk yard and it bolts in nicely with a couple easy modifications, it looks great, and will be easy to mate to the steering shaft, but naturally the pitman arm shaft is giant and i dont know how to put the mustang arm on it. I talked to the local welder, and he said the cast steel would probably break if i tried to mate them together... Any other ideas?
here is a couple I have had:
boring out the mustang arm and just using some set pins instead of the splines (but the shaft is tapered and the hole will be smooth)
boring out the mustang arm and machining down the isuzu arm to just a sleeve that will press into the mustang arm to utilize the isuzu splines and welding it and/or set screws. (but it will leave the mustang arm pretty thin around the pitman shaft..)
If anyone else has done anything like this i would love some advice!!! thanks.
here is a couple I have had:
boring out the mustang arm and just using some set pins instead of the splines (but the shaft is tapered and the hole will be smooth)
boring out the mustang arm and machining down the isuzu arm to just a sleeve that will press into the mustang arm to utilize the isuzu splines and welding it and/or set screws. (but it will leave the mustang arm pretty thin around the pitman shaft..)
If anyone else has done anything like this i would love some advice!!! thanks.