Okay, I've wasted about two full days trying to get the drop arm off the splined shaft from the steering box in my 1982 Series III. The first day was mostly because I didn't have a pitman arm puller and so tried to jerry-rig a number of different solutions, all of which failed (though knew as a pretty heavy duty puller powered by a scissor jack). I purchased the only pitman arm puller the FLAPS had and it fits, but doesn't have much grip (almost too wide to hold onto the base of the arm and far too narrow to hold onto the nubs on the side of the arm) and so I've started to round off the edges off the arm (no big deal, except it's harder to get a grip now).
Now, this is all in addition to having sprayed with tons of penetrating oil, cleaned up the splines with a wire brush, driven wooden wedges (that I normally use for splitting logs) underneath the arm for further pressure, hammered on the arm to try to help drive it off, and heated the arm with a propane torch and then sprayed it with Freeze-Off to try to break the rust with a temperature snap. Much of this has been done with & without the pitman arm puller on for added force.
Wooden wedges and the pitman arm puller worked wonders on removing the arm from the steering relay, but the arm on the steering box is just really stuck. Any further suggestions?
At this point I'm hoping that letting a week pass will allow the penetrating oil to do more work than the first few days did.
Now, this is all in addition to having sprayed with tons of penetrating oil, cleaned up the splines with a wire brush, driven wooden wedges (that I normally use for splitting logs) underneath the arm for further pressure, hammered on the arm to try to help drive it off, and heated the arm with a propane torch and then sprayed it with Freeze-Off to try to break the rust with a temperature snap. Much of this has been done with & without the pitman arm puller on for added force.
Wooden wedges and the pitman arm puller worked wonders on removing the arm from the steering relay, but the arm on the steering box is just really stuck. Any further suggestions?
At this point I'm hoping that letting a week pass will allow the penetrating oil to do more work than the first few days did.
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