<VV> Tight pitman arm bushing

[Stephen Armas]

Mine was also way too tight and I pressed it on also and never loosened up.  I took the steering linkage off the car as a unit from steering arm to steering arm and pressed the bushing/bolt out. Also, it was not long enough yet the shoulder was twice as thick as the one I was replacing.  I  shaved the shoulder down (from the body side not the from the end) making the body of it longer. I tried polishing the new bolt and IIRC ended up sanding quite a bit to get it to fit only "reasonably" tight.  

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> On Feb 23, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Harry Yarnell (Verizon) via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> It's MUCH 'easier' to R&R the Pittman bushing on the bench.
> Having never used a nylon bushing, I've been told that you loose the
> 'return' feature when using the nylon bushing.
> The bolt should be a slip fit, never press fit.
> 
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> James Cuneo via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 2:12 PM
> To: tkalp at cox.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Tight pitman arm bushing
> 
> It did take a fair amount of force to install bolt into bushing, a bit more
> than the last one I did.I thought it may take a bit of driving to loosen it
> but, after fifty miles it is still just as tight.I think like you said, the
> bolt is to tight or, the bushing is to long.Either way, it is a pita to work
> on with centerlink on car.Thanks for the response,Jim
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