Tony,
I recently went through the impossible to find Idler arm dilemma, I
finally got one from a parts car,since NOS ones are very expensive,and
getting one rebuilt takes several weeks, while hunting for a replacement
idler arm, I was told that the only difference in the idler arms between the
Imperials and same year " lesser" Chryslers is the length- the "lesser"cars
are .500 inch shorter than the Imperial's,so in theory at least the shorter
arm would bolt in,but would leave the linkage/tie rods at a funny angle.
Possibly this is what is wrong with your car, you may have had the incorrect
"lesser" Chrysler idler arm installed by someone trying to "cheap" the car.
The Chrysler part # for the fuselage cars is 2835853 ( I've got it memorized
from the exhaustive search ) If it would help I still have the "old" arm
from my car (going to have it rebuilt someday) If you'd like me to measure
it's length,contact me off-list.
Chris
72 Lebaron ( with the dissected auto-temp II servo laying on the workbench )
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Wright" <tew@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 10:27 PM
Subject: IML: 73 Steering Linkage
> I recently posted a problem regarding the steering linkage on my 73 and
got
> a couple of responses but have still got some concerns. Thought I would
> ask again and see if I could stir some additional possibilities. What
I've
> got is the inside joint on the inner tie rod rubs on the torsion bar. It
> doesn't seem to affect the steering though. I thought maybe the torsion
> bar isn't adjusted correctly (it had new lower control arms installed
> recently) and was too low. Now I'm wondering whether instead of the
> torsion bar being too low, if the idler arm is holding the linkage too
high.
>
> Someone had suggested before that the idler arm bushing may be the problem
> but this looks to be something more than just worn bushings. Although all
> the linkage looks tight enough, most of the crown nuts don't have cotter
> keys through them (which makes me a little nervous) and probably indicates
> that someone in the past has had it all apart. Could a wrong idler arm
> have been installed - one that would have a wrong angle for an Imperial
but
> would still fit? I guess it could even have been bent but don't really
> think so. Does anyone have a good picture or diagram of what the idler
arm
> on a 73 should look like that I can compare? The one in the FSM is kind
of
> small but it does look somewhat different than what I think I have. Any
> thoughts?
>
> Tony Wright
> 58 Crown (not running)
> 73 LeBaron (barely running)
> 61 Wife (still fuming bout the 73)
>
>
>
>
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