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Re: Minnesota Daily Driver
As the build of this truck happened over the last 4 years I'm sure there'll be things I remember somewhat out of order so please bare with me.
For anyone who has dealt with the joy of the challenge that rust brings I have a tip for removing the steering arm from a 4wd to replace it with a raised one with a lift kit.
The split conical washers are a PITA to get out to remove the arm. Often it takes quite a bit of work to accomplish. My dad came up with a method to drill only through the steering arm, stopping at the knuckle, that's being replaced and tap the hole, we used fine threaded fasteners. We then placed some pins in the bottom of the hole that would rest against the knuckle and take up the space that the tap couldn't reach. Then we ran in some bolts to push the arm from the knuckle. We would turn the bolts in a 1/2 turn or so then pound it back down. This would "walk" the conical washer up the stud until it was free of the bore and could be removed.
NOTE: THIS METHOD IS ONLY EFFECTIVE & TO BE USED IF THE ARM IS TO BE SCRAPED & REPLACED AS IT WEAKENS IT.
Here's a pic of the bolts in the arm.
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