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10-21-2014, 11:27 PM
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Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Richland,wa
Posts: 95
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Pitman arm
Is this much gap normal? Or is my steering getting ready to come apart?
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10-21-2014, 11:35 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Fontana, Ca
Posts: 228
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Re: Pitman arm
It looks about the dame as mine. I just did my front end. You will find when you take it off, and then put it back on, it will only go so far.
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10-22-2014, 07:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Posts: 1,858
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Re: Pitman arm
looks like my old and new one.
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10-22-2014, 09:21 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Gods country East,Tn
Posts: 8,545
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Re: Pitman arm
Get a pressure washer in there to clean it up and you will see it's a tapered splined shaft and does not allow the pitman arm to slide all the way down to the steering box ,Throw a wrench on it and tighten it up ...problem solved ....
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10-22-2014, 08:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Fulton, ny
Posts: 116
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Re: Pitman arm
It looks normal to me, I just changed out my steering gearbox yesterday. It takes a 1-5/16" socket and after tight with the lock washer the splined shaft sticks out just a little past the end of the nut.
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10-22-2014, 10:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: 9
Posts: 863
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Re: Pitman arm
Looks fine, and if its factory I wouldn't worry. There is a lock washer on the nut and it is a tapered fit as mentioned.
If you are unsure and want to check it, the nut should be tightened to about 185 ft-lbs for proper seating of the pitman arm on the tapered splines. I just put one on my S-10 and it is almost exactly the same setup that is on my C-10 |
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