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Help finding pitman arm for '74 GTO
Hey folks,
I'm trying to find the correct pitman arm for my brother's '74 GTO. All the photos I'm seeing online show the pitman arm to have a joint with a stud at one end, whereas ours has openings at both ends (see photo). Any ideas why our setup is different, and where I can find what should be an easy part to buy? Thanks in advance.
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Yours looks correct to me for a '72-'74 PS application 350 Ventura. The curved pitman arm with the studded joint on the small end is '68 Firebird V8. The studded joint disappeared on the '69 Firebird V8 pitman arm.
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What's odd is that I can't find the style without the studded joint at the small end anywhere. Everything comes up with the studded version...
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so in this instance the "Firebird stuff" is actually 67-69 F-body & 68-74 X-body.
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"...Assuming nobody makes pitman arms for Novas that'll work?"
The Chevy arms are not curved. The '68 Bird new, currently available, aftermarket replacement linkage parts would be the same parts listed for a '68 Camaro. Bird & Camaro factory parts & part numbers were probably not all EXACTLY the same. But, if you look up new aftermarket replacement steering linkage parts, the only difference I found was the pitman arm. I think the 1st gen Birds which came with the OHC inline six engine used straight pitman arms. I ran across one or 2 of these. On one of 'em, the previous owner had dented in a header tube, of his V8 headers, to gain a little extra pitman arm clearance. Assuming they were the same as 1st gen Camaro. Also assume that the Nova used the same arms the Camaro used, tho I have not looked it up. Last edited by ponyakr; 05-29-2019 at 05:28 PM. |
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Great, thanks for the info everyone. Looks like my brother will have to replace the entire steering linkage setup with "F-body" parts.
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Just a dumb questions but why are you replacing that pitman arm? Unless its bent that style does not go bad since the joints are not part of the pitman arm but the inner tie rod.
Ant |
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We are replacing a very leaky steering box with a new Delphi unit, and the pitman arm is 100% seized on. We tried for days to get it off, and bent two pitman arm pullers in the process despite using penetrating oil and heat. It isn't going to come off.
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Ok, I've been through that before on a dodge pickup and broke my pitman arm puller. Snap on makes a super strong puller that maybe an option if you cant find the correct pitman arm for it. Also for the steering box if you have not bought the new one yet check with redhead steering gear in Seattle about rebuilding your original. They are not the cheapest but they are the best. I have a small shop and we chased a f250 steering issue through 2 rebuilt and 1 brand new napa steering box finally got napa to get me a redhead one problem solved!!! Most of these new boxes are made off shore and are junk.
Hope this helps Ant |
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Just an old man question. Have you tried using the pulley and getting it as tight as you can without damage and then hitting the pitman arm HARD several times with a shop hammer, hopefully brass? I have never seen this fail on front end parts removal... Just asking><>>>>>
"Bill"! |
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Another option is to check with a machine shop, I bet they could press it off the box
Ant |
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