> I recently had a friend (ex auto mechanic) help me replace the CV boot on
> my dak. He noticed play in my steering and showed me that my pitman are
> needed replacing. So I got a new arm and put my $20 deposit in on the
> pitman arm puller from auto zone. To make a long story short, the puller
> broke completely in half before the pitman arm seperated from the steering
> box. Is there a trick to getting the pitman arm off? The puller from
auto
> zone was pretty stout looking (for cast alum.), does anyone know where I
> can get an iron puller without haveing to pay a fortune (they get pretty
> expensive)? BTW, auto zone gave me my $20 deposit back even though I
> returned the part broken.
I bought and installed a new idler arm on my Dak at 95,000 miles. No
problem, maybe a 30 minute job. At about 110,000 miles I bought a new pitman
arm, and also bought some new Craftsman gear/pitman arm pullers......similar
to the one you probably 'rented' from Autozone. Well after trying to get the
stock pitman arm off for 2 hours I said the heck with it and returned the
tools. I found a local garage which did it for $30 and it took them about 45
minutes. I think the guy actually loosened up the steering box. I would
suggest just calling around and asking various shops how much they charge to
install a new pitman arm if you bring in the part. Hope this helps.
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6; 139,000 miles
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