Pitman Arm Question
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Pitman Arm Question
Sooooooo bought this 4Runner and the whole front end has been rebuilt. I was inspecting the job and found this (see pictures) looks a little dangerous. Upside is the arm should come off easily enough! Any thoughts?
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Are you worried about the gap between the pitman arm and the steering box case? Don't be. The splines are tapered and the pitman arm is tapered to match. When that big nut is tightened down nothing is going anywhere. If the nut is tight then you're good.
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She absolutely pours power steering fluid. I don't even know where to start. For now I just took the belt off of it and muscle the steering wheel. Its the only thing on the whole dang truck that leaks!
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You are both correct in your observations! I bent them while I was checking the work along with making sure everything else was done correctly.
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My PS pump leaked pretty badly when I got my truck too. I bought a $10-15 rebuild kit and fixed it easily enough. Once you wrangle it out and get it in a vise it comes apart really easy. Maybe took me a couple hours start to finish.
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