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Originally Posted by Barbarossa
Sorry for the necropost on this (and as far as I read in the rules it seemed cool). I recently stumbled upon this post and have been using it to help myself ad power steering to my '86.
The cooling line is attached to the return inlet on the reservoir. I'll post pics as soon as I get off my butt and finish it up.
Question though, did you have to have to press the pitman arm onto the part of the suspension part (sorry for my lack of technical term - I'm still new to the game) - the part that is treaded with the crown nut? I had one hell of a time trying to get it off at the Pick-N-Pull (wound up hack sawing it and busting up my hand in the process).
I'm going to wind up adding power steering for about $100 (I'm hoping this is on average with everyone else).
~Thanks all
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The pitman arm isn't pressed on to the steering (yea even i dont know what you call that)... But the bolt or whatever u wanna call it is tapered which is why its so hard to get off.
Now... where the pitman arm attaches to the steering linkage the balljoint is PART of the pitman arm (it doesnt come out).. but the tapered end of it slides into a hole in the steering linkage and a nut holds it from coming off.. That shoudl come off with a pry bar or hammer...
For the pitman arm, you usually need a puller to get it off the steering box.
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1987 Pickup, single cab, 22R, new head, 260 cam
TG 3" SAS, rear disc brakes, chromoly rear axles, Chromoly Birfs, Tcase brake, 37x12.50R15 MT/Rs, 5.29 gears, rear Aussie Locker, front Detroit Truetrac.
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