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chickenwing · 05-04-2005, 02:43 PM

I did my c-20 except for the pitman arm. I couldn;t figure out how I would press the new one on. Was kinda leary of smacking it with a BFH and then using the nut to force it on. Farmed it out to a retired mechanic working out of his garage. Charged me 60 bucks and I supplied the part. The control arm shafts require a lot of torque for removal and installation. Have a nice cheater bar handy. I would recommend a 1/2" torque wrench for the installation. I'm kinda anal when it comes to torque specs. Everything else was a breeze.

05-04-2005, 02:43 PM	#21
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	I did my c-20 except for the pitman arm. I couldn;t figure out how I would press the new one on. Was kinda leary of smacking it with a BFH and then using the nut to force it on. Farmed it out to a retired mechanic working out of his garage. Charged me 60 bucks and I supplied the part. The control arm shafts require a lot of torque for removal and installation. Have a nice cheater bar handy. I would recommend a 1/2" torque wrench for the installation. I'm kinda anal when it comes to torque specs. Everything else was a breeze. __________________ The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!!