pitman arm hits headers??

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by William, Sep 24, 2002.

  1. William

    William Member

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    well I have been driving my car around and I can only turn so far to the left. I have power steering and the pitman arm hits the headers. I am running headman shorty headers. looks like the only way for this to work is to put a pretty good bend right in the pipe that bolts to the headers. anyone have any pictures of this???

    thanks for any help
    William
     
  2. Corbin Johnson

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    The exhaust man working on my car knew exactly what to do. He heated up the exhaust pipe with a torch and had someone turn the wheel as far as it could go. The pitman are swung over to the pipe and bent in a nice contoured shape. It worked great. Sorry, I don't have any pictures, but I thought I would let you know that way to do it.
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