Merry Christmas folks I have a problem I have to address after all the beer is gone.
I got a steering box out of a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee I plan to swap to the Chevelle after the new year. Problem is, I cannot remove the Jeep pitman arm to install my Chevelle arm. I borrowed one from the local Kragen and broke it when I tried to use it. I got one from the local Autozone, and broke that one also. I started to begin to believe it was something I was doing but not so. I removed the nut (duh), turned the box upside down overnight and soaked the recess in WD-40, put it back on the car and heated the pitman arm with my torch, put the puller on and torqued it with my ½ drive with 24 steel pipe for leverage. The pitman arm did not budge. Puller broke at one of the tabs that contacted the arm. I cant find anyone in town that rents any quality (read: snap-on or equivalent) pitman arm pullers so I am out of luck unless I want to take it to a shop, buy a ridiculously expensive puller, or see if I can borrow one from a shop or an acquaintance (I have not worked that angle yet). Any suggestions on getting this thing separated? The Jeep puller should not be any different to pull off then the Chevelle arm, right? Tom Ringlein Clovis, CA 72 Chevelle
