Pitman arm 68 Charger

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Oct 17, 11 7:50 pm

Anybody got any bright ideas for getting a pitman arm off a 68 Charger. I'm just tidying the steering up, could do with this off and change the seals above in the steering box.

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Mon Oct 17, 11 10:01 pm

You'll need a pitman arm puller, frost restoration do them. failing that some heat and brute force, careful not to cause any damage though

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Tue Oct 18, 11 7:22 am

I take it a pit man arm is the arm from steering box down that turns left and right that turns the track rods arms

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Tue Oct 18, 11 9:41 am

yes

be careful with heat

i belive the pitman arm balljoint
is a T shaped pin in a hard rubber bush
the back cap on the balljoint is pressed on and spot welded
i guess they did this damn quick

i used a crank timing cog puller to get mine off

Dave

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Tue Oct 18, 11 9:49 am

They don't half come off with bang!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Oct 18, 11 9:10 pm

Had a little tickle at it, but as you say I'm not going banging and a burning.

I can imagine it will bang, had a bearing pulled off a Scimitar rear axle some years back. It went at 13 ton, fair bang that was. Shook the machine.