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These video's are so helpful. I followed it in the pitman arm change on my 2000 chevy silverado and I did it in less than an hour with no lift. Thanks again and I always will be a returning customer.

Running the bolt back into the steering box before breaking the 34mm nut is GENIUS and why I love the 1A Auto videos so much. Just downright good maintenance techniques. 👌

Love how you use hand tools that everyone usually has

So we going to ignore that puller switch at 2:36 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

I forgot to mention before, that you folks are great for teaching me. Many thanks! Also, thanks for wearing glasses and gloves. Too much can go wrong too quickly, no matter how tough a guy is.

Removal of the skid plate via 15mm bolts would have made this much easier. Plus for viewing.

Mine has 439'211 miles. As far as i know that's the original Pittman arm. I just replaced it. The puller would not budge it. I ended up having to take a cutting wheel and cut 3/4 of the way thru the pitman arm. Then i put the puller back on it and it finally came on down. What a pain. But the ol Chevy will be rolling right. Whole new front end

Thank you for the video! I bought my Pitman Arm for 1/4 of the price you were selling it for. I got it from a different supplier at a much better price. I'm glad you showed me how to replace it, though.

Just ordered your 11 piece front end kit for my '02 Silverado. Can't say how much I like your videos and LOVE your prices. Thank you so much!

3:53 I thought for sure we were going to see some busted knuckles

You know if you take off the plastic skid plate in the front and also the aluminum skid plate it makes it a lot easier. But thanks for the video because I needed to know the size of the nut that was on the pitman arm which goes to the gearbox.

It is impossible to move the steering box around without disconnecting the linkage from the steering shaft!! This is also putting a lot of pressure on the power steering lines attached to the box. The easiest way to do this job is to remove the steering box.. will take a bit longer but will be so much easier in the long run

Great video thanks for all the demonstrations you do.Its really good specific info on automotive wrenching.

Thanks for the tutorial. Very helpful. There's was a rubber seal on mine that had to be pushed up into the gearbox with a flathead so the puller would fit. Also had to take the skid plate off to get a good angle on that 34mm. Thanks 1aauto.

The pitman arm, idler arm, idler arm brace and tierod ends I ordered for my Sierra 2500 HD all came with no grease zerks. Have you guys been selling them that way for a while? After I received them I did see in the description that it came without them.

Tip. Loosen that nut before pulling bolts..

Maybe I missed something. Why did you mount the open end wrench to one bolt ? Why didn’t you just tighten the three bolts that mount the box to unloosen the 34 mm?

Cool trick with the wrench and bolt!

Moving the gear like that damaged the bearing above the intermediate shaft. How do i brevent the steering shaft from bending?

Yeah, I think I’ll pay somebody to do it, lol.

Just wanted to know how much more difficult it would be to do the steering gear box!

How much of the splines are you supposed to see after tightening it as much as possible I can see like an inch to an inch in a quarter of mine

I do have one question now how far up on the splines does the pitman arm actually go meaning the space between a pitman arm and the gearbox? cuz I have at least about half inch of space on mine when I just installed it yesterday. Thanks

Will this damage the clock spring when I take the steering gear loose? I've been trying to loosen the Pittman arm with a wrench and it moves the whole front end back and forth.

Do you need an alignment after this?

I can not seem to get the pitman arm back on. I lined it up but it still won't go all the way on. Any suggestions?

Great Video, are you afraid of seal damage when heating it up?

You refused to mention that you have to 1st remove the steering shaft from the gear box you can’t have that much movement in the gear box without the steering shaft removed from it.

wow your camera is so clear

How much heat can it take before any seals in the power steering box get damaged? My pitman arm puller just ain't getting it to come off and I want to hit it with some heat, just don't want to roast any of the seals.

I love how they skip thru the hard parts

thanks

Great Video !!!

did you have to disconnect the center link bolt to the steering linkage?

do I need to jack my vehicle in the air to change my pitman and idler arm or can I replace them on the ground ?

When you reinstalled the bolt for the steering box, why did us use a wrench? Was the purpose of the wrench to use it as a spacer? Great video. Thx

Very helpful video! 👍👍

Question when replacing the pitman arm do you need to get an alignment done?

Thanks for the video. Should steering be supported somehow once the bolts are removed?

Anyone else have bump steer after installation of this kit due to pitman arm setting at wrong angle?

What should you torque the castle nut on to the ball joint part at?

nice!

great video

What the wrench

What kind of grease do you use

Is this the same process for a 99-06 Silverado 1500?

it supposed to seat all the way down to the steering box? I have about 1/4inch gap and my air wrench will not go further.

Must the vehicle be lifted off the ground for this procedure? Can i do it without a jack

Thanks for the video, I just did my idler arm and pitman arm now my steering wheel is not straight , is there a easy fix for this

Great video, super helpful!

Instead of removing gearbox could you have just cut a slice into the pitman arm to to remove old one.....

(Not these guys in the video)They want 800$ to do this and idler arm too that's crazy where do they come up with these prices?

At 3:50 they skip over a half hour of swearing 🤬 and go straight to twisting off the nut hilarious!!!!

why you change puller ?

What does a job like this usually cost to have done?

Not a single torquing?

Is this the same for a 2000 Silverado? And is there another way to grease it up without the gun?

Is this the same as a suburban for the same years?

Is this the same process for a 2001 chevy tahoe?

Yeah. Yall made this look entirely too easy. 8 hours of work replacing my idler arm, idler arm bracket, and pitman arm. NOTHING was this easy. Given I don't have pneumatic tools. My everything hurts...............

Should have removed the skid plate

How many splines does it have on a 05 Chevy 1500?

No torque specs for those parts?

I have a question when you replace the pitman control arm you need to have the steering wheel lock???

How much do you charge for this?

Uhm. I keep seeing other ase licensed shops saying no air tools and only torque to 180 ft #s. Or you damage the sector shaft bearings. I dont see how the new ones in the video just plop on past the threads. I had to love tap one on to get the nut and washer to even start threads. Than at the 180 ft lbs mark it was only 2/3 of the way on the splines, then the threads stripped out on the sector shaft. They say dont beat it on with a hammer or use a harbor press cause the needle bearing for sector shaft will be damaged. I dont see how just using a torque wrench to 180ft #s presses the damn pitman arm to where it needs to be. Plus these gearboxes are cheaper than they were 15 yrs ago so your buying cheap shit from the get go too.

Whew, no torque specs? No tightening steering components to correct specs? Yikes.

Be sure you wear a football helmet while doing it lol

Is there any way to figure out your Spline number, Other than visual inspection? I've got a 1/2 ton/'03 /5.3

Throw the whole truck in the trash 😬

It seems my 02 Avalanche has two idler arm's..is that correct?