Idler arm cradle

[Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry it was .com not .ca. Anyway it is a great cradle. 
idler arm , in fact all susspension parts. My Dad taught me this. he is an engineer but i dont think he learned it in school I suspect his brother (an excellant mechanic) or someone taught him,
Take two large hammer. after remving the nut. place one on the back side of the knuckle holding the tapered joint. Strike the other side repeatedly with the free hammmer. The taper will spring and let go and the joint will "fall out. and yet. When you go to put it back together you will find it is still good and will repeatedly bebale to retain the new parts. 
I was working as a mechanic in one form or another since 1965 and never once not ever had this method fail. Even though I had thousands of dollars in tools i never needed or bought borrowed or stole a Pickle fork after borrowing one once and seeing the damage done to the boot joint etc.  Heat? I try to never use heat on steering parts.  O also never neeeded pullers. Now i get guys all the time who try this so they say and phone and tellme it doesnt work but when i go and show them I usually give between 3 to 5 wacks and it falls apart. i suspect they are only doing half (no hammer on the backside) because It always works. got a real stubborn one? just keep wacking and it iwll come. You dont have to beat it savagely. just a good firm wack reeated till it comes apart. 
If I am doing an real old pitman arm on a steering box and am replacing that arm I will cut part way through with a disc grinder but that is mu y only consession to changing the method and only because they are very very thick.   Try it , after one use you will only use you pickle fork for pickles . 
Don
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