Any tips on taking off the Pittman arm on the front driver side

2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE
95,000 MILES • 5.3L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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WILL REY
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Cannot find any videos on instructions for this vehicle. Cannot even get the nuts off and it is such a tight fit even if i did i would not be able to take of the arm out. Any one know any good videos on this truck's Pittman arm dissemble? I have had no luck finding any information on it online. :(
Feb 1, 2017 at 9:24 PM
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HMAC300
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if you are going to reuse the Pittman arm then the box has to come off put in a vise then a puller must be used to pull it off which is no easy task removing them. if you are not going to reuse it , use a cut off wheel cut it then split it it will fall off practically.
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Feb 2, 2017 at 5:42 AM
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WILL REY
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Yea no kidding though so many miles i took the nuts off, but man it is so stuck on there it is taking some in saneness to take them loose. I am making progress though. thanks for the advice. I will try this next.
Feb 2, 2017 at 6:40 PM
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Hey Will,

Here is a video that shows the job being done that we did in the shop.

https://youtu.be/KKeFqHLuRQ0


Please let us know what happens so it will help others

Best, Ken
Feb 6, 2017 at 2:23 AM
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if you live in a northern area pitman arms were always are difficult to get off due to salt and other crap making it very very hard to get off. I have personally broken pullers trying to remove them
Feb 6, 2017 at 3:28 PM