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Keith True · 08-25-2010, 07:18 AM

They are available new now from the big vendors.I have always welded my own,but for customers I buy them.For the time I put into them I can buy two of the new ones.The idea of welded steering parts scares some people,but it has been in use for years.Trucks with hydraulic steering have the piston eyes welded onto both ends,some with an idler arm/equalizer have a two hole plate welded onto the forged arm,there was a weld-on kit for old VW's that replaced the end on the two hole pitman arm when the holes got wallowed out.If you ever drove route 101 through N.H.in the 60's and early 70's you met dozens of B model Macks with shortened pitman arms.Zapora hauled oil and gas around the clock and the mechanics shortened the arms on most of those trucks.I have bought the new arms from either Brattons,Snyders,or Mikes.I think they were only around 30 bucks,and I spend two hours cutting,fitting,welding,and grinding to do one.I do tend to get a little fussy when doing one.Somebody posted a picture of a homemade broken one,it looks as if it was done by a monkey with a harbor freight welder.It was a good example of stupidity,not of a good welder.He had bought the car like that.

08-25-2010, 07:18 AM	#2
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,423	Re: Modification Model A pitman Arm They are available new now from the big vendors.I have always welded my own,but for customers I buy them.For the time I put into them I can buy two of the new ones.The idea of welded steering parts scares some people,but it has been in use for years.Trucks with hydraulic steering have the piston eyes welded onto both ends,some with an idler arm/equalizer have a two hole plate welded onto the forged arm,there was a weld-on kit for old VW's that replaced the end on the two hole pitman arm when the holes got wallowed out.If you ever drove route 101 through N.H.in the 60's and early 70's you met dozens of B model Macks with shortened pitman arms.Zapora hauled oil and gas around the clock and the mechanics shortened the arms on most of those trucks.I have bought the new arms from either Brattons,Snyders,or Mikes.I think they were only around 30 bucks,and I spend two hours cutting,fitting,welding,and grinding to do one.I do tend to get a little fussy when doing one.Somebody posted a picture of a homemade broken one,it looks as if it was done by a monkey with a harbor freight welder.It was a good example of stupidity,not of a good welder.He had bought the car like that.