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Pitman Arm Part Number
« on: July 06, 2017, 08:56:46 PM »
Good evening all,

I am probably the only person I know who is excited about dropping a lifted truck to stock ride height, but here I sit broken hearted....

I have been searching for a definitive part number for a stock pitman arm for my '83 K30 and can't find squat.

Any ideas of a manual I could get, a place I can go or do you even just know the part number?

Thanks
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2017, 10:44:44 PM »
i know ive seen part numbers for the front end parts. cant think where but want to say it was in the truck manual section. maybe even under the axle manuals
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2017, 10:52:23 PM »
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2017, 09:42:31 AM »
...I have been searching for a definitive part number for a stock pitman arm for my '83 K30...

Parts group 6.859, OE part number 14064660, Pitman arm
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2017, 09:50:15 AM »
Irish_Alley,

I can't seem to navigate to that manual section, but the link works.  It doesn't have the pitman arm on it, but it's good to know we have those assets here.  Can you help me get there through our buttons on the web page please?

bd,

Thank you very much!
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2017, 10:04:36 AM »
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« Last Edit: July 10, 2017, 08:29:49 AM by bd »
Rich
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2017, 03:08:51 PM »
even though i helped make the tech form i still have a hard time remembering where we put everything.
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2017, 03:10:13 PM »
also BD, the part number you listed appears to be right but the one i listed is the discontinued number. where did you get your number from? i cant find it in the manual
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2017, 03:14:56 PM »
The number you listed is the steering knuckle arm, not the Pitman arm.
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2017, 03:23:52 PM »
ouch
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #10 on: July 09, 2017, 10:34:25 PM »
Irish_Alley - By the time I get home at the end of the day I lose my attention span, staring at a computer screen for 9 hours a day makes it easy to relate to that...  Sometimes I forget where I put everything.

Thanks for your help, I'm going to drag through that manual for a bit!

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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2017, 07:45:07 AM »
Non-wear pitman arms are not typically stocked at auto parts stores. They are readily available through restoration parts catalogs.
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
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Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2017, 05:36:52 PM »
I'm not sure where you live, but I'll stick it out there anyway.

I'm in Chilliwack BC, and I've got all the parts you need, to return your truck to stock height, including shackle-mounts, springs, etc.

You can have them for free, I'm just not interested in packaging them up to ship them out. I know it sounds like a small thing to do, but I'm generally pretty handicapped, so when I'm functioning well enough to something like that, I'd rather be wrenching on my own truck.

If you can find someone else that wants to do that for you, that's cool too.
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