On my 51 with my steering arm forward, I had to have the tie rod in the back set to 7 degrees down. This was because i had the steering box in front of the axle.
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I found a 58 1/2 ton front axle, drums are on it so the spindles should be good. If I can get the locust tree cut that's growing up through it I'll have extra fire wood.
I have always used front side steering boxes on my gassers, as I prefer having the steering box out front where it's out of the way. I put the tierod on the backside, and off the bottom side bolts of the spindles. I put a steering arm off the two top side bolts on the passenger side spindle, and connect my drag link to it. Gives the drag link a better flat angle, and everything gets setup just like it is for a typical backside steer except for this change.I found a 58 1/2 ton front axle, drums are on it so the spindles should be good. If I can get the locust tree cut that's growing up through it I'll have extra fire wood.
Usually have to grind out the keyway on the pitman arm to allow it to be turned 180 degrees for front side steer. But other than that it's an easy change. No affect on Ackerman angles as long as the tierod stays on the backside. On my Austin I run the tierod on the front side and I had to cut and modify the steering arms to move the ends out close to the wheels to get the Ackerman angles corrected. With my Ansen slots I couldn't quite get perfect angles and wheel clearance, but it drives extremely well, so I guess it's good enough.
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