Please Help PITMAN ARM stuck
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Please Help PITMAN ARM stuck
anyone have any ideas how to get pitman arm off i've tried heat, prybar hammers, air hammer, tierod/ ball joint forks and i can't get any budge, i've only got butane torch not a ton of heat,
i need ideas really bad thanks for any help.
i need ideas really bad thanks for any help.
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From: waynesville, mo.
If you're not saving the pitman arm, drill 3 or 4 holes in a straight line, then using a chisel or air hammer, chisel along the holes creating a crack. Most of the time, the arm will drop off.
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thanks for the tips i forgot to say i had a puller on it we finally got it with heat on the outside of the arm for a while then using a tie rod end splitter on either side of the stud from the steering box thanks again
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