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Topic: Pitman Arm
Posted By: mick gill
Subject: Pitman Arm
Date Posted: Oct/20/2015 at 12:16am
Hello. Does anyone know of a shop that recos pitman arms. Mine has some play!

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71 Matador 360/Auto
77 HZ One Tonner 350/T400



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Posted By: 74gremx
Date Posted: Oct/20/2015 at 4:10am
At the age they are, most likely. I have seen some where the top was ground off, a new handmade insert made of nylon or teflon fitted, and the top welded back on. However, I believe it is illegal to weld any steering component. A new one is the best option.

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1970 Javelin 360/727
1974 Levis Gremlin X 304/904
1964 American Convertible
1974 Matador wagon (parts)
2016 Holden Cruze Equipe
2014 Holden Colorado
"Don't mistake activity for achievement".






Posted By: mick gill
Date Posted: Oct/21/2015 at 5:41am
Are our RHD Matador pitmans the same as the LHD ones?
The old Matador went through car club scrutineering and the arm was its only fault.

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71 Matador 360/Auto
77 HZ One Tonner 350/T400


Posted By: billd
Date Posted: Oct/21/2015 at 7:18am
I would not expect to see a difference between LHD and RHD pitman arms. They are symmetrical in design.

I suppose a person could check part numbers! Last I knew, but this was 4 or 5 years ago, they were still available new.


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Posted By: Lucas660
Date Posted: Oct/21/2015 at 7:25am
I thought I saw a comprehensive write up that gremx wrote about this a little while ago. I am sure that all the AMI built cars used the heavy duty pitman and idler, that is the stud is a larger diameter. I changed to a variable ratio box so I'm not much help.


Posted By: 74gremx
Date Posted: Oct/21/2015 at 4:04pm
I wrote an article on the differences between our pitman arms and the US ones for our club magazine. They are not different as such, just what they used and what we used changed over the years. So what will be in a parts book for say, a 1968 Javelin in the US won't fit a 68 Jav here. It's on this forum somewhere. If you can't find it, PM me and I'll send you the 3 page article.

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1970 Javelin 360/727
1974 Levis Gremlin X 304/904
1964 American Convertible
1974 Matador wagon (parts)
2016 Holden Cruze Equipe
2014 Holden Colorado
"Don't mistake activity for achievement".






Posted By: Lucas660
Date Posted: Oct/21/2015 at 6:13pm
http://theamcforum.com/forum/rhd-pitman-arm-keep-me-on-the-road-please_topic71567.html?KW=Pitman+arm" rel="nofollow - http://theamcforum.com/forum/rhd-pitman-arm-keep-me-on-the-road-please_topic71567.html?KW=Pitman+arm

Here it is.


Posted By: OzJavelin2
Date Posted: Mar/02/2016 at 3:14pm
Sorry for the thread mine, but just noticed and thought this might be of help?

There is a guy in Vic - Mick Robinson - we reconditions balljoints, pitman and idler arms for Dodge Phoenix(es):
http://www.dodgeparts.com.au/?product=dodge-phoenix-idler-arm-1965-to-1971

Those parts are bespoke to RHD cars.  Maybe he can easily enough do one for an AMC?


Posted By: WesternRed
Date Posted: Mar/02/2016 at 6:45pm
Good contact to have although the pitman arm should still be fairly readily available new. You may not find the Moog parts listed in Dave's write-up, but there will be interchange parts from other manufacturers. A bit of Googling and eBay is your friend. Don't forget eBay.com rather than .com.au as it will give you more US options then sort by price + shipping, lowest first.



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