Removing tierod pin from pittman arm on L3400?

[cjmssmd]

I have a 2005 L3400HST. I just bought it last week.

See the steering linkage part diagram at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Vvx74a-airRFpMdHhaQjZxSk0/edit?usp=sharing

The right tierod inboard tierod end (the end closer to the pittman arm) broke. The ball and socket separated. I can't get the pin (threaded on one end and with a round metal ball on the other end) out of the pittman arm. I removed the nut but need to know if I should just pull really hard, or if the pin itself is threaded?

On page 2 you see the diagram I'm talking about. Part 140 is the right tierod pin assembly and it is what broke. I removed the nut (#150) but can't pull the pin out (down) of the pittman arm.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

Chris

 

[kubotasam]

It is a taper fit down into the pitman arm. You need a tie rod end fork to wedge it back out. You put this in between the ball and the pitman arm then hit it with a hammer.

 

[cjmssmd]

Thanks for the answer.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

That fine tool is called a pickling fork, if you don't want to buy one, most automotive stores will loan you one.
They are not that expensive to buy and tools are always a good investment!

 

[D2Cat]

NIW, is that because it usually gets you out of a pickle?

 

[cjmssmd]

Got the pickling fork and hit it with a 5lb hammer, pretty hard, but the tierod end pin didn't budge. The pitman arm is still on the tractor and I don't want to break anything else. Should I really whack at it until the tierod end pin comes loose?

(The second picture may give the impression that the pickling fork wasn't fully forward and seated - but - it was - just not when I shot that picture).

 

[aeblank]

I beat the piss out of mine doing tie rod ends (on a silly car, but still). Wouldn't surprise me if it takes quite a bit to break it loose.

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[North Idaho Wolfman]

In the second picture, will the fork touch the ball and the pitman arm?
In the picture it has a gap, if it does it's not going to work right, it has to wedge between the pitman arm and the ball.
You could use a pitman Arm puller or a very large gear puller.

Sorry I would have said pitman arm puller in the beginning if I had seen a picture first of what you had going on.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

(The second picture may give the impression that the pickling fork wasn't fully forward and seated - but - it was - just not when I shot that picture).

If that's the case up the hammer size and whack it hard!

 

[cjmssmd]

The fork does touch both the pitman arm and the pin ball.




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[cjmssmd]

I upped the hammer size and whacked and out she came.


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