Pitman arm help

[andymiller]

Went to have my front end aligned and they said they couldn't do it until the pitman arm was changed. Said it was worn out. They wanted $250 parts and labor. I bought it at autozone for $20 and did it in 3 hours.

 

But my steering wheel is off by 45 degrees. The keyways on the pitman arm is at 90 degree intervals. So I don't think I messed that up.

 

I thought I'd be clevor and move the steering wheel. But you can't Its keyed in a way you can only install it straight up or 180 out upside down.

 

 

Where went wrong??

[95Sierra2500]

It sounds like you put the pitman arm on in the wrong position, or you got the wrong part (quite common from Uh-oh Zone). I was not aware that the pitman arm COULD be installed wrong (at least I couldn't on my 2500) as the keyways are staggered so it will only fit one way. Perhaps that's not the case with a 1500.

 

My other suggestion would be this: did you disassemble the steering shaft? That could potentially cause your problem if you assembled that incorrectly.

[andymiller]

The pitman arm would only go on 4 ways 000, 90, 180, 270. And it was easy to see this .

 

I had to slid the box down in order to get enough room to use the puller. I may have not push it back up in there right, but I tried to mess with that after the fact and couldn't come up with anything other than the position I have.

 

That was the only thing I could think of too..