<VV> Steering Box Replacement

[Tim Verthein]

Hmm....did you use an actual "pitman arm puller"?
I bought one specifically for the purpose..Ryan said his regular
adjustable puller would probably do it fine..so I said don't open the
pitman puller unless you need it.  He needed it. The regular puller he
has wouldn't phase it, with the specific pitman arm puller, he took it
right off no sweat.  The specific puller cost something like $16 at my
FLAPS.  
Tim

--- Ron <ronh at owt.com> wrote:

> I've spent years removing the pitman arm from the gear box.  Pullers
> get 
> bent to uselessness, propane bottles get emptied, nothing works.  And
> oh 
> yes, I've tried the two hammer system until I was exhausted.  The
> pitman arm 
> is still on the box in a corner somewhere.
> 
> RonH
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tim Verthein" <minoxphotographer at yahoo.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 5:14 AM
> Subject: <VV> Steering Box Replacement
> 
> 
> > You might remember earlier discussions about my "crunchy steering"
> and
> > "occasional looseness" that I've suffered with my '64 this past
> > cruising season. Discussion pointed toward steering box troubles.
> >
> > Well, let me just say, that steering box replacement is pretty
> easy.
> > Especially when your son does it for you!  He and a friend did the
> job
> > in about two hours.  This included cleaning the garage enough to
> roll
> > his '65 out, and drive mine in, and getting the front end up as
> high as
> > my jackstands would go.  Near as I can tell from my observatory
> > position, they pretty much did exactly what the book said, with
> minimal
> > complications. Pulled the steering wheel and the left horn, removed
> > pitman arm from the box, took out three bolts, and that was it. The
> > only hitch I noted was when they were replacing the steering
> wheel..and
> > I noticed a spring and plastic sleeve sitting in the back window
> behind
> > the driver, that had apparently rocketed itself there when they
> removed
> > it..and they had to pull the wheel and put it where it went.


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