Hi all,
Thanks for all the help with the pitman arm. I guess I should have been
more specific. I was aware they are tapered and keyed on the splines, but
somehow either the taper on my pitman arm is too tight, or the new box
shaft is
too thick, or I'm doing something else wrong. I've tried cleaning the
splines, but that didnt' help. The next step for me is to gently file them
to try to remove any burrs, I will also try heating up the arm before
installation. If anyone else has any suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks
-alfie
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Jon wrote:
> On the pitman arm, if you look closely at the arm sticking out of the
> steering box you will see that it is keyed to go on a certain way. When you
> put it on you must line up this keyed area with the pitman arm flat area.
> You have to look close and you will see that there are teeth and a flat
> area. When you line these up the pitman arm will go on the shaft most of
> the way and the rest will go on when you tighten the nut. This setup is to
> prevent you from putting it on at a different angle and prevent steering
> problems.
>
> Jon 50 3104
> Chicago burbs
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A.B." <bigfred@unm.edu>
> To: "old truck mailing list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:56 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] pitman arm installation
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > I'm having trouble putting my pitman arm back onto the stearing box. Is
> > there some kind of tool for this, or do they usually not slide all the way
> > down. I know they are a tapered fit, but this is pretty tough. Thanks.
> > -alfie
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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