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47 KB-2 steering
My recently acquired 1947 KB-2 has difficult and jerky steering. After shaking and moving the wheels around with the front axle jacked up, I found that the drag link ball joint on the spindle steering arm is worn and misshaped. I imagine that I also have similar wear on the tie rod ends.
So I am considering how to deal with this. Replace the spindle steering arms? I would think it would be difficult to find good ones. I would also have to rebuild the ball sockets on the drag link and center tie rod.
I have considered replacing the ball joints with early Ford truck tie rod and drag link ends. I would do this by cutting and drilling out the old ball fittings to accommodate the Ford ends.
Any comments or shared experience would be appreciated
Thanks,
John Seymour
So Cal