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Old 06-26-2012, 12:31 AM
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The SGT steering valve bracket is set up to bolt onto the side panel like the ram bracket but it will not work on a GT. What I did was to cut some of the side mount off and bend the left over portion to match the angle of the original steering box holes. The valve bracket is symmetrical so you can rotate it 90 degrees and the four holes still line up with the valve bolts. I bolted the SGT bracket on the valve and positioned the bottom of the valve just a hair below the lower frame rails and then put everything in place like the steering wheel and the lift valve and then I marked the two holes onto the bent bracket. After I test fitted the bolts through the new holes I welded the nuts to the back of the valve bracket because getting to them later would be a bear. If you already have the SGT bracket then you can just modify it without too much trouble. The angle of the cross brace is the toughest part to get because you have to test it until the two bolts go through and the bracket is laying flat against cross brace. Here is a picture of the SGT bracket and the part I cut off is the entire side mount holes plus the bent part leaving the four holes and a 90 degree piece at the bottom. Then I squared off the remaining piece and that became the bent plate with the two bolt holes in it.
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