Thanks, I thought that might be the case, but when covered in steering box oil, my brain probably would not have worked that out
With the help of a screw type ball joint separator, the arm is released and I've now disconnected the box...however how the box and arm comes through the chassis member is beyond me. Actually the first issue is the fixing back plate, the hole is toooooo small to go over the top of the pitman arm...am I missing something?
^this. Take the plate off, and there's a whacking great hole in the chassis member behind it, which the whole lot will fit through.
PS Scrub all that filth off the arm, nut, etc and you'll see what's what. From memory, should be a tab washer locking the main 'box securing nut.
Hopefully I can wiggle and waggle the plate off and the arm out without taking it off, tomorrow will see.
My memory is a bit fuzzy but you may need to remove the nut and washer before the plate will go over the arm.
Did this a few weeks ago ... the bent locking plate and nut have to come off first, then you can maneuvre it out with the arm on.
Spin it upside down by the looks of your photo and push the box to the chassis for max plate free ply.
One thing to note is that none the 4 internal spacers inside that box section drop out.... it had happened previously on 2 of mine it seems.
Lack of tools stop play....I hadn't taken into account that I needed to take the nut off the pitman arm, and I ain't got a spanner etc big enough nor strong enough to unwind the the nut on arm....looks like it's 36 or 37 ish. Before I buy (the wrong) big spanner/socket, does anybody know the right size?
