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So. I know for you Americans it's Mothers Day but the British Mothers day was last month.. so that gave me a day to go out and try to get the damn steering control valve off and replace it as it gsve up the goose on Friday!
So I loosen the tie rod bolt... take out the hoses... drain the system... and then go to loosen the castle nut on the pitman arm. No problem... and the books all say simply: remove the bolt from the arm, turn the arm to the right and unscrew the vslve from the tie rod.
Could I get the bolt free from the pitman arm? I've tried brute force, WD40, Fire... yup... tried heating the thing to break the seal and then lever it... but the bugger's still in there. This is now beginning to really annoy me. I spent about 6 hours under there today and it didn't budge one bit.
it's now a battle of wills.
but i have work to do for tomorrow so i'm of to the mexican bar for lunch... dos margeritas...
anyone know any tricks for getting that damn bolt off before my blood pressure goes much higher?!?!?!?!?!?!
thanks guys in advance...
So I loosen the tie rod bolt... take out the hoses... drain the system... and then go to loosen the castle nut on the pitman arm. No problem... and the books all say simply: remove the bolt from the arm, turn the arm to the right and unscrew the vslve from the tie rod.
Could I get the bolt free from the pitman arm? I've tried brute force, WD40, Fire... yup... tried heating the thing to break the seal and then lever it... but the bugger's still in there. This is now beginning to really annoy me. I spent about 6 hours under there today and it didn't budge one bit.
it's now a battle of wills.
but i have work to do for tomorrow so i'm of to the mexican bar for lunch... dos margeritas...
anyone know any tricks for getting that damn bolt off before my blood pressure goes much higher?!?!?!?!?!?!
thanks guys in advance...