On the pitman arm, if you look closely at the arm sticking out of the
steering box you will see that it is keyed to go on a certain way. When you
put it on you must line up this keyed area with the pitman arm flat area.
You have to look close and you will see that there are teeth and a flat
area. When you line these up the pitman arm will go on the shaft most of
the way and the rest will go on when you tighten the nut. This setup is to
prevent you from putting it on at a different angle and prevent steering
problems.
Jon 50 3104
Chicago burbs
----- Original Message -----
From: "A.B." <bigfred@unm.edu>
To: "old truck mailing list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] pitman arm installation
> Hi all,
> I'm having trouble putting my pitman arm back onto the stearing box. Is
> there some kind of tool for this, or do they usually not slide all the way
> down. I know they are a tapered fit, but this is pretty tough. Thanks.
> -alfie
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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