Center link hardware

[7DCUDA383A]

What are you supposed to have on the center link for nuts and the copper pins , do both have nuts and copper pins or nut and copper pin to tie rod and lock nut on the idler arm , im tired so may not be making sense but just looking for clarification if possible.

 

[EV2RTSE]

Cotter pins and castle nuts. If I get a chance I'll try to dig one out for a picture.

 

[7DCUDA383A]

Cotter pins and castle nuts. If I get a chance I'll try to dig one out for a picture.

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On both right .

 

[EV2RTSE]

Yes.

 

[7DCUDA383A]

Why would someone put lock nuts on those .

 

[EV2RTSE]

Can't speculate as to why but the factory put cotter pins on, that was their way of making sure nothing came loose.

 

[7DCUDA383A]

Can't speculate as to why but the factory but cotter pins on, that was their way of making sure nothing came loose.

Do you know what size the castle nut is .

 

[EV2RTSE]

3/4 or 7/8 depending on where they were used. I would think 7/8 for the pitman & idler but I'm not near my car to confirm right now. 3 point which are different than what you'll find comes with the aftermarket front end stuff these days.

 

[EV2RTSE]

A couple more reference photos I had saved.

 

[7DCUDA383A]

3/4 or 7/8 depending on where they were used. I would think 7/8 for the pitman & idler but I'm not near my car to confirm right now. 3 point which are different than what you'll find comes with the aftermarket front end stuff these days.

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for this

 

[7DCUDA383A]

A couple more reference photos I had saved.

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Thats clean , very nice.

 

[EV2RTSE]

Many of these photos are from the white & blue 440 R/T that was restored by the late Dave Walden from ECS, quite an over the top resto. I saved a lot of photos that were posted back when the car came out, to refer back to.

 

[EV2RTSE]

Yeah the aftermarket castle nuts have more points on them.

 

[7DCUDA383A]

Yeah the aftermarket castle nuts have more points on them.

Thanks for the help , really appreciate it.