I noticed that I have quite a bit of play in my pitman arm. I have found an aftermarket one for about $40. It looks easy to replace, but is it?? Anyone else replaced theres? I tried a search, but found nothing.

Thanks in advance for any help?

 

Did you notice play in the arm while it was on a lift or on the ground?

I used this at autozone.com for troubleshooting: http://www3.autozone.com/servlet/UiB...3d800501eb.jsp

Lots of good stuff on that site, good luck.

-Leaf

 

The pitman arm can have play in certain directions before it needs replaced. I forget which direction is the bad one, I think it is allowed a certain amount of horizontal "front-back" movement but I'm not exactly sure.

 

SUre it was your pitman arm and not your idler arm?

 

I noticed that if I grab the passenger tire and move it back and forth, the pitman arm has quite a bit of movement in it. The idler arm is connected to the steering box, this is the other one on the pass side.

 

I am nearly certain the idler arm is on the passenger side. I think the pitman arm comes off the steering box. If you can move the idler arm much at all, it should be replaced. I had mine done about 6 months ago.

 

I'm 100% certain that the pitman arm connects to the steering box and the idler arm is on the passenger side. What you need fixed is the idler arm.

Here is a write-up on how to rebuild it. I followed the directions without any problems. I think it only cost me about $12. It's very easy to do.

Good Luck

 

You better stop taking it offroad, you're starting to break stuff.
J/K, is there a wrenchathon in the works?

 

My bad--thanks for the link to the write up. That seems pretty easy and cheap.