Conveting 63' GMC to power steering and disc brakes

[luvbowties]

Should you desire to use the '63 arm, a bushing (sleeve) can be simply and safely made. Using a piece of autobody sheet metal(It's just perfect thickness.), cut a piece with 2 parallel sides; cut the other sides, tapering PARTIALLY toward the midline point, from ends of one parallel line towards the other. Now, if you 'roll' this around: 1-a big tapered rod, it will approach a cone; 2-a small tapered rod, it will reach a cone; 3-your tapered idler arm, the sides will just meet up along a straight line. Practice w/a piece of paper for correct msmts. needed. Use this cone-shaped (but with actual cone 'lobbed' off) piece of sheetmetal to 'bush' the sloppy-fitting '63 idler arm to where it now fits snugly in the larger hole in the '77 centerlink. It'll outlast a new idler arm! Good luck.