Stubborn Pitman arm

You could do what I did in my drinking days in my early 20's. Take nut off, try heat, prying to get it off, refuse to buy/borrow a pitman arm puller and just say forget it, I do it later and leave the nut off.

I did that, drove the heck out of the car for a week and like forgot about it. Was with some teenage kid, friends with his dad, and we decide to get a bite to eat. I go flying in to the dirt parking lot and almost is at a stop when the steering just started to spin away freely. I knew right then what happen.

That was over 20 years ago and still shakes me up thinking what would have happen if it did it jumping R&R tracks at speed.

The kid refused to tell anybody what happen, said if his dad found out he never could ride with me again, lol He was with me a week earlier trying to get the arm off in his dad's garage. We both had nobody to blame but ourselves.

Not sure how I survived to middle age but I did.:iconbigg: