bilbo
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How do I get the little arm off to do the Heim joint mod? I tried prying, hammering the bolt backwards, and an air hammer but it won’t budge. Am I doing this wrong?
I want to say that I grabbed the arm with my 24" Channel Locks and wiggled it back and forth to get it to break loose. Once it comes loose, it's not too bad to get off. What I hated even more was putting a new one back on. If you don't position it just right, then it's probably over for that arm since you have to force it on and make it cut it's own splines. Moving it one spline was usually too much.Definitely still a PITA.
If you're reusing the old one, it's not so bad. At least you can try and repeat until you find the right place for it to go on. The new arms don't come with splines in them and you have to force them onto the splines on the shaft in order to cut new ones. At least that's how they were 20 years or so ago. The reference mark is a very good idea though.