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Old 09-03-2002, 02:27 PM   #1
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Large nut on pitman arm...

...on the steering box side of the pitman for power steering. What's the size of that nut? I forgot to measure it before I left my dad's place last night. Now I need to buy a socket for it but I don't know what size it is.

It's larger than 1 1/4". 1 1/8" maybe?
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Old 09-03-2002, 03:56 PM   #2
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?? 1 1/8" is smaller than 1 1/4"! I know you knew that, it's a typo. It is larger than 1 1/4" but smaller than 1 1/2". That's as far as I got before I just pulled out the BFAW (like a BFH, but it's an adjustable wrench) and torqued it down as far as I could.
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Old 09-03-2002, 04:05 PM   #3
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Oops. Meant to type 1 3/8". I'll take my dunce hat off now.

I know it's smaller than 1 7/16", because that's the size of the big nuts on the upper control arms, and the socket I have for that is loose on the pitman arm nut. It MIGHT be 1 5/16" but that's a pretty small step up from 1 1/4"...

Anyone?
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Old 09-03-2002, 04:58 PM   #4
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1 3/8"
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Old 09-03-2002, 05:00 PM   #5
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Cool. Thanks...
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Old 06-15-2011, 01:06 PM   #6
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Re: Large nut on pitman arm...

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1 3/8"
...maybe on your truck, for some reason mine was a 33mm WTF 1-5/16 had play... yowza batman!
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Old 06-16-2011, 12:37 PM   #7
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Re: Large nut on pitman arm...

1 5/16
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Old 06-16-2011, 01:13 PM   #8
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Re: Large nut on pitman arm...

my large cresent wrench fits perfect
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Old 06-16-2011, 01:33 PM   #9
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Re: Large nut on pitman arm...

A pipe wrench works great too.
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