"Please verify outer arm length by measuring it from spindle centerline. Looking at your photos the arms look like long arms even though they have what should be short arm forging numbers. I haven't looked at steering arm photos for years so maybe I'm wrong but I would not rely 100% on just those forging numbers. There are long arms with "short" forging numbers."
I will verify the measurement sometime in the next few weeks when I get the car out of storage.
Back in 2004, I verified the pitman arm and idler arm lengths but never bothered to verify the outer steering arm lengths because of the following statement from your website which is at the end of the "Steering Arm Part/Forging Numbers" section just prior to the "Pitman Arm" Section:
"Note: Outer steering arms forging numbers ARE the same as the part number."
The only other reference point I have is that steering wheel lock to lock is just over 2 turns.
Other question I would have is how would/could GM/Chevrolet have produced long outer steering arms with the wrong (short outer steering arm) casting/part number?
Richard
I have matched most if not all the part numbers for arms on my page to the factory parts manual so the forging numbers DO match the parts book but I've gotten about two emails, one from a guy who bought arms with those numbers off an ebay seller and when recieved, they were not short arms.
The old story of me not getting the correct part for one arm based on forging numbers could have been the Z/28 arm number was misread by me. I did not bring the actual arm into the dealer, I just copied the numbers. By the way, that was a power steering Camaro.
My buddy checked the 67 Camaro manual steering lock to lock. It's 3.5 turns which is pretty fast for a manual steer Camaro. It's an SS350 4 speed no Air Conditioning and drum brakes.
