Pitman arm and idler arm help

[strummer]

Anyone have a god link to a video on how to do it ? Can't seem to find a good one on the YouTube . My truck is 05 4x4

 

[Rancelot211]

Cut the pitman arm with a cut off wheel and then use an air hammer to finish it off. Idler is cake. Unbolt it from frame then centerlink.

 

[strummer]

Should I replace
And the arm too ?

 

[frankenstien]

you can take it apart and see if theres any extra play in the idler arm pivot, or you can just replace it, on mine, it had all original stuff it looked like at 100k, so i just replaced them all, they were not super expensive, i looked up part numbers and got them off amazon.

how many miles on the rig?

it sounds liek your unsure if theyre wore out? whats the reason for replacing?

 

[strummer]

240k but tie rods been replaced 2 times so far

 

[strummer]

The outter tie rods are bad and upper ball joints are too . Alignment shop told me idler arm and pitman need replaced too . I know there slack in them just wasn't sure if I should just replace the arm or the bracket too

 

[Rancelot211]

Do it all while your in there. Not a bad job at all

 

[frankenstien]

Yeah, just replace all of it while your there, as already said, the idle arm and pivot are easy, the pitman is less fun but doabale

 

[strummer]

Thanks guys