Help Removing Pitman Arm

[g-money]

Needs some suggestions on how to get the pitman arm off. I don't need the pitman arm so destroying it is OK.

I have tried a pitman arm puller, heat and a BFH.

I also tired hitting it with a hammer on each side at the same time and jsut can't get it to budge.

Will using an impact wrench with the puller help.

How hard would it be to cut it off with a Sawzall or a torch?

Galen

 

[nj_thusar]

I've come across some really bad Drop Arms before, I used a heavy duty puller some Blaster and muscle. Always works, just give it time and find leverage.

 

[nj_thusar]

I borrow this one from the shop down the road
http://www.ntxtools.com/network-tool-warehouse/TGR-10385-p-TGR.html

 

[bronko69er]

For the most stuck ones, I crank down on the puller till I'm afraid Ill break it, then heat it with a torch while wacking it with the sledge. It always works eventually.

 

[jspurl3]

I broke a puller once that I rented from autozone by cranking down really hard. they didnt like that. Try and use a grinder as much as you can on two sides then break it with a hammer

 

[g-money]

Thanks for the help guys. I finally got it. Used the puller until I couldn't get it any more with a 4 ft bar on the end of the breaker bar then heated until red and finally came loose.

Galen

 

[nj_thusar]

Jeeezee
Some afternoon you had.

 

[broncotom]

glad to see you got it. I had the same problem a few months ago. smacking it with a hammer and a really long breaker bar was the ticket