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T Part identification.

Post by Jim_PTC_GA » Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:50 pm

I hate to ask this but I can't identify what this part is. I took apart the engine and front end last fall and bagged every bolt, nut and dead mouse. This week I'm going through the bags and cleaning parts to see what's useable and what's not. I cleaned this part but can not remember where it goes and what it is.

Thanks in advance for any answers.

Jim
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Re: T Part identification.

Post by kmatt » Thu Feb 07, 2019 3:23 pm

Does your car have a speedometer ? I can't say for sure but that bracket looks a little like a broken mount clamp bar to steering arm for a speedometer drive at the front wheel.

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Re: T Part identification.

Post by Jim_PTC_GA » Thu Feb 07, 2019 3:57 pm

The car had no speedometer when I got it but it may have when dad used it as a teen. I've been all over my other T looking for a part similar but am unable to find anything that matches. It may be a left behind part from a speedometer? I'm going through all the photos I've taken of this one looking to see where this part was. It's a mystery to me and it being broken bugs me to no end.
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Re: T Part identification.

Post by Don D » Thu Feb 07, 2019 4:28 pm

James,

Did your car have an accessory steering stabilizer behind the front axle? While the current model is different, I will post the attached photo for reference and to stimulate discussion.
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Best of luck,
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Re: T Part identification.

Post by Jim_PTC_GA » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:12 pm

Yeah I bet it was a stabilizer of some sort. I dug through the bag of bolts and found a nut that was part of what ever this was.
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Re: T Part identification.

Post by varmint » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:23 pm

Just check both sides of every hole for witness marks, even if they are cleaned up. There cannot be that many of them.
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Re: T Part identification.

Post by DanTreace » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:32 pm

Seems likely to be a shim to give more support to a rattling loose wishbone ball. The center line for the studs on the wishbone socket are 2 1/2" like the part. And has extreme wear, that square nut was a spacer to tighten things up sometime, and now worn a spot in the ball recess. :P
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Re: T Part identification.

Post by Don Lyon » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:35 pm

It's hard to order a replacement when you don't know what it is isn't it?
been there, broke that

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