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Title: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: 01txdmax 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
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: Irish_Alley 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
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: Irish_Alley on July 08, 2017, 10:52:23 pm
3979552 there you go, it should work
http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com/techinfo/7387CKMans//Training/Corporate_Axle_1977-1983.pdf
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: bd 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
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: 01txdmax 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!
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: bd on July 09, 2017, 10:04:36 am
Forum path:
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Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: Irish_Alley 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.
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: Irish_Alley 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
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: bd on July 09, 2017, 03:14:56 pm
The number you listed is the steering knuckle arm, not the Pitman arm.
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: Irish_Alley on July 09, 2017, 03:23:52 pm
ouch (https://www.dieselbombers.com/images/smilies/dash2.gif)
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: 01txdmax 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!

Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: VileZambonie 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.
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: blazer74 on July 10, 2017, 02:14:39 pm
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Title: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: blazer74 on July 10, 2017, 02:19:02 pm
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That's Better
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: srozell 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.
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: 01txdmax on July 13, 2017, 07:14:11 pm
Blazer74:  I thank you for pointing me to the gmpartswiki, but I'm not sure my wife does...  :) 

srozell:  Thank you sir, that's a heck of an offer.  We are 40 hours away from each other, but I may be in Banff next summer so I may look you up. 
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: srozell on July 13, 2017, 09:59:25 pm
Well, 40 hours is a bit of a trip.

If you do come through, by all means look me up! I'm always happy to light the BBQ or whatever.
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: VileZambonie on July 14, 2017, 07:19:53 am
What a great offer  8) BBQ & Truck parts. Now you just need a keg and some fireworks  :D
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: 01txdmax on April 18, 2020, 10:03:15 pm
Bump on this one all, finally able to start looking again:

The part number is 14064660, thanks to Blazer74 for posting the images.

I have been digging for a bit and can't find any stock pitman arms out there in the marketplace.

Does anyone have any ideas other than the gracious offer from srozell that I can't take up?
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: 01txdmax on April 22, 2020, 09:39:50 pm
I'm blind, post on first page with part number listing indicates the pitman arm is the same for the k10-k30. 
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: VileZambonie on April 23, 2020, 07:21:03 am
same steering gearbox
Title: Re: Pitman Arm Part Number
Post by: JohnnyPopper on April 23, 2020, 11:40:28 am
So your truck has been sitting for 3 years?  :o