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Originally posted by ponyexpress289
the part that connects to the frame has some side to side play is that good , bad ??
if i unscrew and move over what will happen
o and thx a whole lot
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Some of your sentence is missing here but in its absence, I will assume the frame pivot is not correctly adjusted. When right, the z-bar fits tightly on the pivots and does not have much side slop. Note that any side slop it has is supposed to be buffered by two large felt washers. Scott Drake makes a rebuild kit that includes pivot for the engine and balls and clips for both sides. It also includes the felt washers. To rebuild it, you loosen the two pivot bolts (I do this from the top with Chevy distributor wrench). Once the frame pivot is loose, the push rod loose, and the bottom link loose, I pull the z-bar off the engine pivot, then rotate the z-bar around the master cylinder and out the top. Once out, the frame pivot is pulled from the z-bar and the ball, clip and felt washer are replaced. Be sure to coat the felt washer with heavy grease before installing it. Clean up the z-bar then fill the ends with grease (1/2" into the tube is fine). Replace the felt washer, ball and clip on the engine pivot then grease it. Put the frame pivot back in the z-bar the work the z-bar back around the brake lines and master cylinder and into place on the engine pivot. Push it hard into the new felt washer. Get it roughly in place then rotate the frame pivot until it positions on the car frame. Align the bolt holes and insert the hex bolts and lock washers. Note, if you use serrated flanged bolts, then no washers are needed. If you use normal grade 5 or 8 bolts be sure to use with flat washer and lockwasher. Bolt the frame pivot in place loosely. Check the rotation of the z-bar and make sure its rotation is in the plane of the steering column and does not wander right/left as it is rotated. When in the sweet spot, tighten the frame pivots. This procedure is exactly the same when using a conversion pivot on a 5.0L engine except you need to cut the felt washers in half with a razor blade to accommodate the difference in available width between the frame and the engine (about 1/8 to 1/4" less in width than stock). The felt washers cut well with an industrial razor blade but go slowly and carefully and lastly mind your fingers! The rest of the alignment for the z-bar was previously explained.