In the process of my lift... drag link question

[RobinHood]

Is there a trick to removing the drag link from the pitman arm? l am in the process of lifting my truck and this is holding me up.
l know this is more of a steering question, but l thought l would get a quicker response in here
Any thoughts or tricks from anyone?

It is a 94 4.0 4x4

 

[CopyKat]

Two BFHs smack both sides of the arm where the taper of the TRE is in. May need a couple of good hits. Should pop right off.

A pickle fork or a TRE puller will work just the same. The fork is hard on the boots and usually damages them.

 

[RobinHood]

How did you get a hammer in there and have any force with it? That is my problem everything is so congested, there is no room to swing the hammer

 

[Sunk]

You should have room to the sides for a hammer. Or you can CAREFULLY thread the nut back on most of the way with the castellations down, and drop a long bar down through hood. Hit that with a hammer.

 

[RobinHood]

A pickle fork or a TRE puller will work just the same. The fork is hard on the boots and usually damages them.

Is that boot something that can be replaced fairly easy?

 

[kevinsranger]

Is that boot something that can be replaced fairly easy?

yea you can buy boots seperately, i think rockauto.com sells them, but prob most parts stores have them

 

[RobinHood]

Thanks....

Any ideas for the torx bolts on the front driveshaft? l have broken two different torx wrenches and they havent even broke loose... l have soaked them in bolt buster as well.

 

[4x4junkie]

What I do is back one side of the pitman arm with a sledgehammer, and then smack the other side hard with a regular hammer to pop it free.

Try some heat on those driveshaft bolts. Ford used Loctite on those during assembly.