So my Pitman Arm is hitting my Header ,someone not from this forum suggested the I grind the Pitman Arm down an 8th to 1/4 inch to get the clearance . So what do you think?
Also I have already dimpled the header some and not sure how much more I should go.

 

Not a good idea. Single failure of the Pitman arm means that you have about, ummm, zero steering control. Failure of a header tube is mostly just noise telling you to hurry up and fix it. I'd cut and reweld the header tube instead.


Norm

 

Sure would be a lot easier (imo) to heat up the header with a torch and then smack it with a hammer to get the clearance you need than grinding down an integral part of my steering system.

 

Get headers that don't interfere

 

Thanks for the input . I didn't think it was a good idea to grind something that was so important. I will try heating the header up and dimple it some more . Thank

 

I got the Partriot Tri-Y and thought I wouldn't haveany problems.

 

If you mess with the headers, be careful not to kink them, you want the primaries to stay as round as possible

 

Ok! So how do I tell if it is the primary ?

 

The primaries are the tubes of the header for each individual cylinder, the collector is the larger pipe that they converge in to.