Drag Link stuck in the steering knuckle
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OH, I don't think I've seen a sleeve there in the pitman arm. Ones I've seen either had a tapered hole for the stud from a drag link' ball joint to fit, or had the ball joint and it's stud made with it, and the drag link had the tapered hole.
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I'll put a condom on the shaft thing from the drag link into the pitman arm hole for good measure. Best to practice safe mating between components. ;-)
Anyway here is to hoping that the correct taper in the hole in the new pitman arm fixes the issue!
Thanks for all the support!!!
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Oh, I wasn't poking fun. I did go looking at google images for F-100 pitman arms to see if I missed something, like a tapered, maybe even split, adapter for a straight walled hole. Mechanics was not my avocation either, I just dabbled in the art.
Generally you'll find the ball joint studs like on tie rod ends, drag links, etc ... have a stud with a tapered portion that is drawn tightly into a tapered hole to eliminate unwanted slop. If you are seeing movement between the pitman arm and end of your drag link, 99% chance a ball joint is wore real bad. There is a slight chance that someone didn't tighten the nut on that stud nor put a kotter pin in it maybe ... as should be.
Those loaner tools .... take a credit card to put it on then when you return it, they'll credit it back. Didn't know if you knew.
Generally you'll find the ball joint studs like on tie rod ends, drag links, etc ... have a stud with a tapered portion that is drawn tightly into a tapered hole to eliminate unwanted slop. If you are seeing movement between the pitman arm and end of your drag link, 99% chance a ball joint is wore real bad. There is a slight chance that someone didn't tighten the nut on that stud nor put a kotter pin in it maybe ... as should be.
Those loaner tools .... take a credit card to put it on then when you return it, they'll credit it back. Didn't know if you knew.
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