Hammering is a good thing! The tie rod end shaft is tapered and can be very tight in the Pitman arm. Hold the head of a heavy hammer (sledge hammer) against one side of the Pitman arm end. Strike the other side with a second hammer. Often, that will start loosening it.
Speedy Jim
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:01:36 -0400, Speedy Jim ran around screaming and yelling:
that is also a very good way to remove old cast fittings from pipe...LOL J
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:56:55 -0400, Speedy Jim ran around screaming and yelling:
whatever works...i knew you would know exactly what i was talking about...i'm sure others are scratching their head though...hehe J
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:56:25 -0400, Joey Tribiani scribbled this interesting note:
No head scratching here. I unnerstan!:~)
(BTW, when done properly with the pitman arm the tie rod end shaft will just pop right out. At least in my experience.)
-- John Willis
I'm there too............................I have done the pipe thing too. The Pitman arm is most common in my life though.
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:58:01 -0400, Joey Tribiani ran around screaming and yelling:
whoa...did i say that? LOL J
hi I'm changing the steering box in my 72SB and I find very dificult to remove the pitman arm from the center tie-rod, I assume that after the castellated nut I just have to pull with a 2-jaw puller, right? here is where I have dificulties since the 2-jaw puller slips all the time. Is brute force the only way here? I really feel like hammering the thing to death, but I guess that's not the proper way.....
Thnaks Ant
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