Pitman arm for a 1968 wagoneer

[Fox]

I'm almost done with my SOA on my 1968 Wagoneer. All I need know is a 6 inch drop pitman arm. Correct me if I'm wrong but won't a pitman arm from Ford work fine on the original steering box?
Any feedback would be great.

[Tad]

I've only heard folks tell of 6" DPA's never seen one myself.
What front axle are you running?

I did come across a longer one doing my SOA that screwed me up for a bit.
http://members.cox.net/pmountsoa/Day3/01pitmanarms1.JPG
Might have been a Ford application (we never really did figure out what/who it came from).

[babywag]

The BJ's (edit) 4" drop pitman arm is a Ford part.

Brent (aka TPICherokee) told me on the phone, but I forget what year/model...

You might try sending a PM to him?

[Fox]

To answer Tab's axle question.
I'm going to run a Dana 44 from a Dodge with J-10 steering gear.

[Tad]

The BJ's 6" drop pitman arm is a Ford part.

Brent (aka TPICherokee) told me on the phone, but I forget what year/model...

You might try sending a PM to him?

Tony, I may have missed something but they do not advertise a 6" DPA, they advertise a DPA that will work with their 4" or 6" lift kits, I'm sure they are the same DPA.
Might be a Ford DPA, I don't know/never asked, I've had several here from BJ's and they were all 4" DPA's though, heck maybe they have something new, but I think they would tell us if they thought it was to become a common SOA component (we work with BJ's occasionally on international shipping to keep costs to the buyer down).

Fox,
I do not know much about Dodge axles but I know they bolt up pretty well (Josh D has some good info in this same forum).
How are you going to set up the steering?
X-Over, Full High-Steering, Bent Drag link?


Many folks choose different options.

[bowtieman55]

http://rustysoffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=rustys&Product_Code=DPA02&Category_Code=ste

[babywag]

Tony, I may have missed something but they do not advertise a 6" DPA, they advertise a DPA that will work with their 4" or 6" lift kits, I'm sure they are the same DPA.
Might be a Ford DPA, I don't know/never asked, I've had several here from BJ's and they were all 4" DPA's though, heck maybe they have something new, but I think they would tell us if they thought it was to become a common SOA component (we work with BJ's occasionally on international shipping to keep costs to the buyer down).
My bad, you're correct it is just a 4". Guess I should learn to read.

You could still try to find out the make/model, and see if anyone makes a drop for that model?

[shackwrrr]

there was somebody here that had a 12" dpa it looked preatty freaky

[Fox]

Hey Tab

Originally I was going to run J-10 steering gear on a dodge axle with a six inch drop pitman arm. Know that I looked again there is no way it will clear the leaf pack so I'm going to x-over steering...

Fox

[Tad]

http://rustysoffroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=rustys&Product_Code=DPA02&Category_Code=ste

That's still just a 4" DPA.
Rusty's Full-Size Jeep Drop Pitman Arm gives 2" additional drop over the stock pitman arm. This will work with our 6" lift.

The Stock FSJ D44 pitman arm has about a 2" drop to it.

Fox,
There is a bunch of older FSJ SOA steering pic's in that link in my signature (the 1970 Wagoner - It's Time one) that apply to our older rigs. Most is in the first 2-3 pages.
As far as the Dodge axle goes something keeps bumping around inside my head, something to the effect that the TRE's are smaller like our older closed knuckle axles are/were. I'm not positive though. I just remember Josh D doing doing the swap on a Jtruck and having a very good writeup on it.