I almost had a disaster too , I have a 87 sami , finished the spring over , put in the z bar eliminator , took it out to see what it would do .. got home to clean up my mess swep the carport and guess what I found ?
a cotter pin the goes into the steering arm .. talk about glad it didnt come apart . at least yours wouldnt have been your fault ... maybe Im getting to old to remeber everything , well maybe Im just lucky enough to find it before anything happens ..
But Im glad you figured yours out too ..