69 camaro power to manual steering

john kunsak · 01-11-2017, 01:46 AM

all 1st gen -1967-69 f body pittman & idler arms have the tapered stud. the only difference between manual & power are the sizes of the hole with the splines is smaller on the manual pittman arms. the center link has the 4 tapered holes for the pittman ,idler& inner tie rods. the center link for some manual cars had a smaller o.d. than the ones with power.mostly the 67 cars. this saved a few lbs. some said the smaller dia. ones would bend on a wheelstanding car,but i had the same one on my ss/e 427 for 15 yrs. w/no problems. the 68-74 x bodies were same as the 67-69 f bodies. the 67's had a different idler arm length because the mounting holes to the frame rail were in a different spot from the 68-69's. flaming river used to make a new aluminum vega box& pittman arm kit. but have discontinued it since. i have one of them on my gt/a camaro that works nice.

01-11-2017, 01:46 AM	#8
john kunsak Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 69 camaro power to manual steering all 1st gen -1967-69 f body pittman & idler arms have the tapered stud. the only difference between manual & power are the sizes of the hole with the splines is smaller on the manual pittman arms. the center link has the 4 tapered holes for the pittman ,idler& inner tie rods. the center link for some manual cars had a smaller o.d. than the ones with power.mostly the 67 cars. this saved a few lbs. some said the smaller dia. ones would bend on a wheelstanding car,but i had the same one on my ss/e 427 for 15 yrs. w/no problems. the 68-74 x bodies were same as the 67-69 f bodies. the 67's had a different idler arm length because the mounting holes to the frame rail were in a different spot from the 68-69's. flaming river used to make a new aluminum vega box& pittman arm kit. but have discontinued it since. i have one of them on my gt/a camaro that works nice. Last edited by john kunsak; 01-11-2017 at 01:52 AM.