Tie Rod rubbing on steering arm

After looking at the picture that mike K posted it is obvious that you have a reversed eye spring. This is at least most of the problem. A shortened pitman arm would give an additional one and a half inch clearance. it will also make steering easier.
 
Ted 1st week of August , we head out 29th July, Need any of those famouse brake floaters taken over ? I must oder some more once we are back, Put them on the delivery & they really work, custmers here are asking for them & us to instal, Greymouth guys love them , They can even stop on cow pats now, They would be the best single thing to inprove your A,
 
Thanks for all your answer posts ,This is a customers car that I am working on ,You can see by this shot that the eye is not reversed ,
 

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Mike, What I see is where your arrow is is the spring perch look down at the other end of the shackle and you'll see the spring eye in the correct place. At least thats what I'm seeing. Clyde
 
OK Derek I will E mail you thanks Ted
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Ted 1st week of August , we head out 29th July, Need any of those famouse brake floaters taken over ? I must oder some more once we are back, Put them on the delivery & they really work, custmers here are asking for them & us to instal, Greymouth guys love them , They can even stop on cow pats now, They would be the best single thing to inprove your A,
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Looks like an awfully long pitman arm. I would buy the new shorter arm if available for R.H. drive that will raise the drag link. No affect on the drag link but it looks like the perch is loose in the axle from the rust I can see.
 
By my uncalibrated eyeball maybe the spring shackle is not for a Model A? it looks a little wide and maybe home-made? Is it for a later Ford?
 
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Thanks for all the answers so far ,No reverse eyes ,

Ted, OK, some of us are looking at things upside down. Here's the pix you posted. Yesterday 2manycars said he saw a reversed eye spring, and that's what I see too. That's the problem. The bottom leaf should wrap over the top of the upper shackle bolt, not under then over it.
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I think if you look at the picture CAREFULLY, you will see the BOTTOM LEAF wraping over the TOP of the LOWER SHACKEL BOLT. The upper shackel bolt goes thru the spring perch. The picture is not very clear as to where the end of the Spring Main Leaf is.

Just my observation;

Chris.
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I don't see an inverted eye on the spring. The lower shackle pin is visible below the tie rod in the pic, although it appears at first the the upper pin is the lower one, creating the illusion of an inverted eye. Looking at the lower shackle , it appears the spring eye could be resting on the axle, or close to it. There should be good clearance between the lower edge of the spring eye and the axle, roughly 1/4 inch minimum. As mentioned, sagging spring is a common cause, but in addition to that, the shackle bushings and pins are probably worn. I recently took apart an axle with shackles worn half way through the pins and way beyond the bushings into the spring perches. That is an extreme example, but it not uncommon to have shackles worn into the perch and spring. I have seen instances of bent spindle arms too, but that's rare and this one looks good in the photo. Compare it to another to get a better idea of that.
 
Thanks for all the comments so far ,You are a top bunch of Blokes /Guys ,LOL . Whats the angle supposed to be on the the shackle 20% ??
 
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