Removing pit arm from steering gear box ?

[David*BJ70]

Well, for a steering gearbox swap, is it easier to remove pit arm from the gear box or disassemble the steering linkages on the pit arm?

I try with a 3 “arms” puller and give it a lot of torque with no results. Yet…

So, before putting all my energy on this one, I’ll make a little turn here to ear some recommendation. Eating, knocking, type of puller,…

Merci.

 

[KLF]

Lots of PB Blaster or Kroil, get the puller as tight as you can, put a little heat to it (be careful not to melt the seals), then let it sit overnight. You may come out tomorrow morning and find the pitman arm on the ground.

 

[Nomis]

The drag link on the end of the pitman comes apart fairly easily. If you have to remove the pitman arm - here is some helpful info:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/118103-trouble-removing-pitman-arm-faq.html

 

[samper]

Yes - it was a terrible effort. If you have that snap-on puller as my local shop did (as in the link above), it was a couple of minutes.

 

[fieldsken1]

just get the puller tight and wack it with a hammer bingo its off weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[65swb45]

Yes - it was a terrible effort. If you have that snap-on puller as my local shop did (as in the link above), it was a couple of minutes.

If you only have the one steering box to deal with, separate at the drag link, pull the box, and have a shop with a Snap-On puller take the pitman arm off for you. How much could they charge just for that?

Of course if you rebuild a lot of steering boxes, buying the Snap-On puller is THE WAY TO GO! Mine is going on 17 years now, and never let me down.

Best

Mark A.

 

[David*BJ70]

Thank you all.

Indeed, with the right tools, is a easy job.

I finally disassembled the two sides of the arm pit. The drag link on the end of the pitman was the easiest part.

Salut