Thank you, LarryBible,guydewdney, andQ for your responses, concerns, advice and photos. I ordered a center link from Phil last night and picked up the Pittman and Intermediate arms from the local junkyard after work today. They both have fresh scratches on them that appear to be made from the pickle fork tool. That makes it official; I am the only person that did not know about that tool. I plan to redo the job this weekend as Phil usually "teleports" parts. This has been an interesting learning experience for me and I plan to learn more when I drop the transmission in a couple of weeks, tear it apart and fix that constant leak.

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1986 420SEL. 200,000 miles plus.
1991 Cutlass Supreme
1980 VW Vanagon (Old Smokey)