has anyone else ever broke a pitman arm puller trying to replace the power steering lower seal kit???? an ways to make removing this arm easy besides adding heat thanx,,,,,

 

Not without gettin pretty rough on the steering box. Heat, air hammer or pickle fork and a BFH is the only ways I know of. Good Luck To Ya.

 

yea i was already beating the hell out of the arm with a air hammer and i put the pitman arm puller on with a 1/2 in ratchet and a 3 ft bar got that as tight as i could then tryed beating it with the air hammer STILL NOTHING and then cranked on the puller and broke it in half......So i just bought 2 brand new pullers last night so now its eitheir gonnna come off or i dont know what to do.....

thanx man ideas are appreicted

 

your lucky, mine fell off going down the road last fall, on the stubborn ones I have had to use my cutting torch to really put some heat to it and do it fast

 

Guess if it came down to it I'd have to pull the body grinder out myself and take it off in pieces.

 

yea thats a good idea i will just get a used one from the junkyard thanx

 

That seems like the best way to do it IMO,all that heat can't be good for the box.

 

I need to replace mine; doesn't sound like fun!

 

keep the pitman arm puller tight and then take a torch on a low flame and run the flame around the pitman arm with the flame pointin towds the floor and then take up on the puller with a air inpact and it shoul pop off. I know u dont want to use heat but if u do it rite this shouldnt mess up the gear box

 

just a month ago on a buds 03 cummins I used a puller torxed out to the point i thought it might break and then used a pickle fork on the airhammer and it was a KO in no time
Iv used heat in the past on my ol 78 ford and toasted the seal in the box