Pitman arm suggestions.

[notenuftime]

I'm replacing my steering gear box and ran into a snag. I can't seem to separate the pitman arm from steering linkage. Tried a pitman arm puller and a a pickle fork, won't budge. Any advice or am I not hammering hard enough lol.

 

[chillman88]

Yeah they can be fun...

Have you tried beating the edge of the pitman arm with the puller tightened as far as you can get it? You may need to add some heat to the equation.

 

[79jasper]

This is where the pickle fork attachment for a air hammer comes in handy.
I watched a guy beat on one for a hour before. Wouldn't budge. Then took it to a shop, guy barely even tapped it with the air hammer. Lol

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[notenuftime]

Yes I looked at those air powered forks, on my tool list.
Got it loose after a fair amount of hammering tho.

 

[Cubey]

I used this for removing my F250's pitman arm. Lisle # 41970

https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/heavy-duty-pitman-arm-puller-ford

 

[notenuftime]

I used this for removing my F250's pitman arm. Lisle # 41970

https://www.lislecorp.com/specialty-tools/heavy-duty-pitman-arm-puller-ford

50$ is a lot.
But if you walked in my garage yesterday i would have paid for it lol.

 

[chillman88]

50$ is a lot.
But if you walked in my garage yesterday i would have paid for it lol.

It's a lot until you spend 4 hours beating on it and get nowhere lol

 

[1992 idi 73]

I broke 3 harbor freight pullers before the third one worked. Then wait till you try to get the pitman arm off the steering box, That took the oxy-acetylene torch to get it hot enough to pop it off .

 

[Cubey]

50$ is a lot.
But if you walked in my garage yesterday i would have paid for it lol.

They're $30 online. Used it twice because I swapped in a used gear box from a Ford Ranger with a different pitman arm. Didn't break or bend and actually fit the arm. Cheap ones were too small.

 

[Cubey]

I broke 3 harbor freight pullers before the third one worked. Then wait till you try to get the pitman arm off the steering box, That took the oxy-acetylene torch to get it hot enough to pop it off .

I used the puller to get the arm off of the box.