Toyota Conversion Pitman Arm Wanted
 

Hi folks,

I'm looking for one of the custom pitman arms to go with a Toyota steering box, if anybody happens to have one or knows where I might find one.
Maybe you know somebody that converted their front end and removed a Toyota swap, etc. I can have one made if all else fails, but figured I'd ask around first as I'd prefer to just buy one. Midfifty has none in-stock, and it doesn't look like CPP does either. No Limit no longer sells them.

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Welcome to the board.

Way back when I did my conversion I made my own. And then a few years later I moved the steering box to a different location and I fabbed up another one. First I cut off the end of the Toyota arm that splined onto the box leaving the splined area and a short (about 1/2" or so) length of the arm, then got a new ball end from one of the venders (my Ford one was really worn down). Then I used a hunk of 5/8" thick flat bar that I had laying around. I augered out a hole in the flatbar to fit my cut off piece of the Toyota arm. I chamfered the edges of the hole and fitted the cut off piece in in. I had my buddy (a certified welder) burn it in place. I drilled a hole in the other end and pressed in the ball end and had my buddy weld that in place as well.

All in all its not too difficult of a process

Here's a build it yourself splined pitman arm insert. https://www.skysoffroaddesign.com/co...cts/toy-bpakit

There's other sources I'm sure. Look at 79-95 Toyota truck off road companies. Maybe Trail Gear, Marlin Crawler, Ruff Stuff, etc. Here's the same one from another vendor. https://www.yotamasters.com/shop/ste...fs-pitman-arm/

Thanks for the replies guys. I looked at the splined hubs above, and they do look like a good idea. I called Yotamasters and they told me that their hubs don't fit the Toyota SFA boxes, so they're out. At the end of the day, I think I'll just make one and use the end of the Toyota pitman arm. I have two of them, so I can cut them or chop them up, it doesn't really matter. I was going to cut the end off one originally, and I've already ordered a new ball end for the drag link end anyway.

My original plan was to cut the splined end off the Toyota arm, and then have the outside of it machined smooth so that it could be press fit into a plate (and then welded). However, now I see why Bobby above did what he did. If you leave a short stub attached to the splined up, and then weld it into a new arm, I guess that would prevent the thing from ever rotating out of place. Hmmm.

I was hoping to find somebody that had one collecting dust on a shelf, to save myself the trouble of making one, but it looks like I'll be making one.

I tried to find pics of when I made mine but I must have lost them somewhere over the years.
When I cut the hole for the splined end I used a hole saw to cut out the main hole, then used a smaller drill bit at each corner of the stub end and then cut it out with a metal blade in a jig saw.
Even without leaving the stub there probably not too much of an issue with it ever rotating if you get good penetration on your welds. I chamfered the edges of the hole really well as well as the pitman arm end.

Bobby