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chevy4x4girl · 06-11-2005, 07:01 PM

I'm installing my lift today and I have to remove and reinstall a new steering arm. I removed the cotter pin and nut. I also removed the three nuts on top of the arm. Now I dont how to get the arm off. It says that I'm suppose to hammer it. Do I hammer it on the bolt pictured? I'm going to use an impact hammer on it so I want to make sure I'm hammering the right thing. Thank you very much.
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k-20 · 06-11-2005, 07:34 PM

all you have to do is give the side or the back edge of the arm a cuple of hard smacks with a hammer(you might find it easier to pull the wheel off first),this just jars the cone washers loose,they will pop up,pull them off,then the arm will lift of.

see ten · 06-12-2005, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by chevy4x4girl

I'm installing my lift today and I have to remove and reinstall a new steering arm. I removed the cotter pin and nut. I also removed the three nuts on top of the arm. Now I dont how to get the arm off. It says that I'm suppose to hammer it. Do I hammer it on the bolt pictured? I'm going to use an impact hammer on it so I want to make sure I'm hammering the right thing. Thank you very much.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prince...4c.jpg&.src=ph

I paid a guy to remove mine and when I saw him do it I felt like an idiot! He took a large socket that was bigger than the size of the cone washer and placed it on top of the arm. He hit the socket with a BFH about twice above each washer and they just popped right out. I bet it took him less than 3 minutes and he never broke a sweat. I have suggested this method more than once to people on the board but no one has said if they have tried it. It worked great with no torch, PB, WD and no ruining of the ball joint.

chevy4x4girl · 06-12-2005, 12:08 PM

Well I got it off by pounding it with a hammer but it was a pain! The air hammer didnt do a thing so it took me about an hour to get it off by myself. After all I only weigh 110lb

70short/step · 06-12-2005, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chevy4x4girl

Well I got it off by pounding it with a hammer but it took me about an hour to get it off by myself. After all I only weigh 110lb

110lbs?? That how MUCH the Hammer Should weight!!

Glad you got it off....

06-11-2005, 07:01 PM	#1
chevy4x4girl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 47	Steering arm removal I'm installing my lift today and I have to remove and reinstall a new steering arm. I removed the cotter pin and nut. I also removed the three nuts on top of the arm. Now I dont how to get the arm off. It says that I'm suppose to hammer it. Do I hammer it on the bolt pictured? I'm going to use an impact hammer on it so I want to make sure I'm hammering the right thing. Thank you very much. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/prince...4c.jpg&.src=ph __________________ '84 GMC K10 diesel '02 Chevy Camaro SS collectors ed. '91 Chevy Cavalier Z24 http://members.cardomain.com/chevy4x4grl

06-11-2005, 07:34 PM	#2
k-20 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: tasmania.australia Posts: 170	all you have to do is give the side or the back edge of the arm a cuple of hard smacks with a hammer(you might find it easier to pull the wheel off first),this just jars the cone washers loose,they will pop up,pull them off,then the arm will lift of. Last edited by k-20; 06-11-2005 at 07:35 PM.

06-12-2005, 12:08 PM	#4
chevy4x4girl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 47	Well I got it off by pounding it with a hammer but it was a pain! The air hammer didnt do a thing so it took me about an hour to get it off by myself. After all I only weigh 110lb __________________ '84 GMC K10 diesel '02 Chevy Camaro SS collectors ed. '91 Chevy Cavalier Z24 http://members.cardomain.com/chevy4x4grl



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