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60 dart
Posted 2020-01-18 5:35 PM (#593163)
Subject: pitman arm removal ?



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whats a good cost effective pitman arm removal tool that actually does the job ------------------------------------------------later
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Posted 2020-01-18 7:59 PM (#593166 - in reply to #593163)
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Good question!
Years ago I rented a specialized HD Snap on puller ——— ruined it!!
Just went and got another complete steering gear. Pulled that pitman arm no problem.

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Posted 2020-01-19 1:04 AM (#593178 - in reply to #593163)
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i cut mine... i was swapping a dodge on a chrysler anyways
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Posted 2020-01-19 5:19 AM (#593181 - in reply to #593163)
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To remove the pitman arm with the steering gear in the car is a drama since there's no good space for a heavy duty puller.

For this reason, I will build a puller simular to the one shown in the fsm.

With the steering gear out of the car, it's important to have a heavy duty two arm puller with a crosswise reinforcement arm that holds the legs together.
I use a big wise for this instead.



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Posted 2020-01-19 8:50 AM (#593186 - in reply to #593163)
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Might have to heat the outside of the arm, then tap with hammer while pulling with a slide hammer/hook assembly.
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Posted 2020-01-19 10:08 AM (#593188 - in reply to #593163)
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As for tapping/hitting with a hammer - a photo of the broken ball-guide from the steering gear I recently renovated. Someone has beaten on both the ingoing and the outgoing shaft..……

Slidehammer wont work - the pitman arms are really tight and after years of rust creeping into the splines.



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60 dart
Posted 2020-01-19 5:58 PM (#593203 - in reply to #593163)
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bought one two piece that was too small . tried a two legged puller , but went sideways while tightening . the next step will be buying a bigger two piece puller or a truck sized
puller like wiz posted . as to heating/bigger hammer theory , i tried that with the two legged puller as tight as i could get it without twisting the puller too far sideways . the
trick is here i think is to find a puller i can get super tight without slipping off , a little more heat without damage , and a bigger hammer . as of right now i've had it soaking
for two days with kroil adding just a little as it seeks to spread ,,,,, thanks guys and i'm still open to puller suggestions . i've never had one this tight --------------------------------later
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Posted 2020-01-20 5:34 PM (#593238 - in reply to #593163)
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so i bought two more tools . one like wiz posted but smaller than ford truck and one u shaped bigger than the first one i bought . now to wait for em to get here ----------------------------------------------later
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Posted 2020-01-20 8:30 PM (#593245 - in reply to #593163)
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i tried heat... hitting and pulling and all that... was impossible to budge...
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Posted 2020-01-20 11:26 PM (#593252 - in reply to #593238)
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60 dart - 2020-01-20 5:34 PM

so i bought two more tools . one like wiz posted but smaller than ford truck and one u shaped bigger than the first one i bought . now to wait for em to get here ----------------------------------------------later


I wish you luck.
I successfully pulled probably more than a dozen of them with just basic pullers but I pulled all of these in my shop with the steering gear out of the car. All/most of these off junkyard cars where they had been down in the dirt but the one I posted about earlier, I scrapped the entire assembly! But, that was in the days of "plenty"! It was off a Chrysler so the pitman arm is different from a Dodge and I didn't need another Chrysler arm!

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Posted 2020-01-21 12:01 AM (#593253 - in reply to #593163)
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it's goin to come off ,,,,, one way or another --------------------------------------------------later
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Posted 2020-01-22 4:43 AM (#593313 - in reply to #593163)
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received this one of which just fits with no extra space . might be the best one out of the bunch . yrs. ago the last one i took off was with
wood wedges . a lot of em ------------------------------------------later

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Dodge+%281960%2C60%2C%2760...
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Posted 2020-02-25 12:23 AM (#594785 - in reply to #593163)
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You ever get that pitman arm off that steering gear Chuck?
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Posted 2020-02-25 4:51 AM (#594788 - in reply to #593163)
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yes sir with the puller from epay ---------------------------------------------------later
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Posted 2020-02-28 6:26 AM (#594946 - in reply to #594788)
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Best price: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fspt=1&_from=R40&_nkw=OTC+8149+Pitm...
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Posted 2020-02-28 11:41 AM (#594951 - in reply to #593163)
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hah stand behind a shield when using one of those.., get well protected... the pressure is insane, if that thing shattered it would be like a hand grenade going off.

Even the chinese stuff is correctly heat treated though it looks.

I just cut my old one off since i wasnt going to use it, it slid right off
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Posted 2020-02-28 4:03 PM (#594957 - in reply to #593163)
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hah stand behind a shield when using one of those .

used the 8149 and came right off with hardly any effort , some times the chinese tools work great with some luck --------------------------------------------later
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