Hi all.
Having trouble removing a pitman arm on a 95 k1500 chevy pickup. After removing all of the required steering linkage (and the overtightened nut holding the pitman arm to the steering gear) we were unable to get any pitman arm puller between the frame and the unit itself-there is simpy just not enough space!
I was hopeing somewone else ran into this problem and would have a solution/special tool reccommendation that we could try before we just simply remove the whole steering box itself to get at the pitman arm.
Also, after removing the Idler arm and its mounting bracket, when we went to put the new Idler arm on, the cone-like shaft that the idler fits onto is not stationary and moves WITH the nut as we attempted to tighten it. Is this normal? If it is, how does one tighten the nut back on?
Hopefully someone out there has run into these same problems as the vehicle is out of commission until we figure it out.
I look forward to hearing from you all.
P.S. this is a buddys truck I am helping him work on right now....mine is a 94 Full Size Blazer but i will be attempting the same project as soon as his is out and by the looks of things and part #s we have the same setup.