A pitman arm on any American built automobile is not adjustable to my knowledge. Give us more info as to year, make and model.
With a pitman arm puller.
Replace pump / pitman arm
No. George Washington Pitman of Lauderdale, Alabama invented the pitman arm while working for a local railroad company.
How do you go about replacing the pitman arm on a 2000 Silverado?
The pitman arm is the arm connected to the steering box sector shaft that moves side to side to steer the wheels.
No, there is a pitman arm on the steering box and two idler arms on the linkage.
The pitman arm controls the steering linkage enabling you to steer the vehicle.
The Pitman arm is attached to the power steering pump, which is connected to your steering shaft, which is the long rod looking thing to the right of the engine, the idler arm is to the left of the pitman arm attached to the fram, it basically looks like a strip of metal bolted to the fram that is connected to your shaft that is also connced to the pitman arm
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Some you do and some you don't. If you can put the pitman arm puller on and remove the pitman arm then leave the gear box alone. If the puller won't fit on it Then remove the gear box.
first loosen the nut on the pitman arm then separate the pitman arm from the gearbox using a pitman arm puller.then remove three or four bolts from gearbox to vehicle frame, that's it!
the answer is NO with the eception of some very unusual circumstance/accident