Pitman Arm Attachment to the Steering Gearbox

[bkahler]

I have a quick question on the Pitman arm attachment to the steering gearbox.  Can the arm be fitted in any position or is it keyed to the gearbox shaft so that it only fits one way?  It's been long enough since I worked on the gearbox that I don't remember which is correct.

 

Thanks! 

[John-T-53]

At least on my 53, it's keyed. 

[bkahler]

5 minutes ago, John-T-53 said:

At least on my 53, it's keyed. 

 

That's what I thought I remembered, but without out photos to back that up I wanted to make sure. 

 

Thanks!

[Dodgeb4ya]

It's splined ....  can go on in four different positions. There are four wide machined indexing slots.

[bkahler]

2 hours ago, Dodgeb4ya said:

It's splined ....  can go on in four different positions. There are four wide machined indexing slots.

 

...with only one of the positions being correct 😁

[ggdad1951]

13 hours ago, bkahler said:

 

...with only one of the positions being correct 😁

 

IF and IF I rememebr right, center the box and the link goes "down"-ish.

[Dodgeb4ya]

You install the arm one slot wrong...you'll figure it out pretty quick🤣

[bkahler]

On 3/25/2025 at 1:03 PM, Dodgeb4ya said:

It's splined ....  can go on in four different positions. There are four wide machined indexing slots.

 

At a minimum, to use one of the other three positions it would require a pretty radical drag link 😄