[SuperDanny]

I have a 98 Suburban 2WD (C1500) and am in the middle of replacing the pitman arm. I pulled the arm to centerlink nut off and also the pitman arm to steering box nut. Also used pullers on both to loosen. Here's the problem. I can't seem to get enough 'clearance' to either pull the center link off of the pitman ball stud or enough room to pull the pitman off the steering spline. It doesn't seem like the center link can drop that much, enough to remove the pitman. Anyone else have this problem? Also when using the pitman puller on the pitman to steering box, I damaged the rubber boot that goes around the gear splines (didn't hurt the splines, just the boot seal, bec. the puller 'grabs' it when you put the jaws on the steering gear shoulder. Anyone have the part # for that?