OTC (8150) Conical Pitman Arm Puller,Black

Works great. Use on a 2005 Ram 3500. These trucks do not have a big gap between the pitman arm and steering gear. This tool worked great.

I am a retired mechanic; I used this puller on my 1996 Ford F-150 4x4 XLT standard cab pickup truck. However, you will need to have patience, knowledge, and common sense when using this puller. The puller is too big to just put on and go at it. So, rather than cut the frame, or remove the entire power steering unit, what I did was 1) place two adjustable soft straps around the power steering unit and the frame. I put one in the front and the other in the back of it to hold it while I loosened the bolts holding it in place. 2) Then, after loosening and removing the mounting bolts, I carefully shimmied the unit forward while keeping an eye on the steering shaft, so it didn't come out of place. 3) Finally, I installed the puller and slowly, by hand, NOT WITH AN IMPACT GUN, BUT BY HAND! I tightened the puller until the pitman arm came off. Which was relatively fast! So, if I can do it, then so can you. Now, keep in mind that I pulled off a six-inch dropped aftermarket pitman arm that I put on my truck when I lifted it decades ago. I recently lowered the vehicle and needed to remove the dropped pitman arm in order to install the stock one. I did have to grind just a little bit off the side of the pitman arm to get the puller to fit snugly. This was a heavy-duty six-inch dropped aftermarket pitman arm, not a factory one from Ford. It turned 38" tires for many years, so my point is, that the pitman arm had plenty of time and force on it, mating it to the steering shaft. Bottom-line.... This puller works and is worth the money spent on it. GO OTC! If you have read this far, then I know you will agree. Hope this helps.

this is the tool that works quickly when trying to remove a pitman arm from your steering box. I struggled with my other puller, and someone suggested this conical. It arrived quickly, and within 10 minutes I had the arm off, with no damage whatsoever. It saved me from having to buy a repop arm, I was able to use the original.

Used this tool to remove the pitman arm from a 2001 Chevy Suburban 1500 LT. I broke two cheap pullers before purchasing this item. First attempt without heat didn't succeed but after adding heat it popped right off. Used an 1/2 inch Dewalt impact wrench. Tool was unharmed from the process.

This tool works for sure. I usually don't write reviews but felt I needed to with this tool. The jeep is 20yrs old and from Illinois, I'm in Florida so not used to working on something with rust this bad. The pitman arm would not move with my cheap puller plus heat and pb blaster. My cheaper puller kept spreading when hitting with my 1200 ft lbs impact. Finally the cheap puller striped. Since I needed to purchase a new one anyway, this one looked like a good option. The reviews were great and right. This puller took my pitman arm off in 2 minutes. I liked this puller so much, I decided to buy the smaller one also. Now I'll have the 8150 and the 8149. I'm confident I will not have to buy another pitman arm puller for the rest of my life. Buy this tool, you will NOT be sorry.

I purchased this to use on a 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 5.9L Cummins 4x4 truck. On these trucks the distance between the pitman arm and the steering box shaft sleeve is tight. This puller fits in between the pitman arm and sleeve where others don't.With that said, this puller does not slide in far enough to properly align the screw shaft with the steering shaft inset. This is because the conical portion of the puller housing isn't deep enough. I had to use a Dremel with a round sanding head to make it deeper. After that it fits well but I had to remove about 3/16" to make it work.Additionally, you'll need to go very slow with this puller once it tightens up on the steering shaft. Work with the puller and a heavy hammer or dead blow. The puller is strong enough to remove the arm but I had to purchase a second one because I stripped out the threads in the housing on the first one.I gave this puller four stars because of the above but it did do the job intended and with the above in mind performed well.

I've got to say like so many other reviewers that the OTC 8150 Conical Pitman Arm Puller is, indeed, a beast of a puller! The situation with my 1986 GMC S-15 Jimmy (like an S-10 Blazer of that era) involved not being able to use the standard "C" (or "U") pullers available for loan from the auto parts stores because there was very little space between the pitman arm and the steering gear box at the output shaft and therefore the ears on those pullers would not go into place properly. The comparatively thin (approximately 3/16") open end part of this puller slid right into place! I had even tried pickle forks to break it loose, to no avail. But I had the arm off with this baby and an 18" breaker bar in literally less than 5 minutes! The other great thing about this puller is that the conical shape allows for a more even pull along the axis of the output shaft and won't shift to one side, as is possible with the other style puller. And the puller bolt is much more heavy duty than most other pullers. Just be sure and put some axle grease or other heavy duty lube (but not penetrating oil) on the bolt threads before use. Even doing so, I noticed a couple of the threads on the bolt became shiny after the first and only pull I made with the tool. This could possibly indicate that after several more uses, the bolt or puller body threads might strip, although that is not a given. But being the puller is made in China and no longer in the USA as OTC used to do, quality and durability could be an issue with this tool. I do know, however, that for my purposes this OTC 8150 puller did the job to perfection! And with Prime shipping I got it in 2 days!

This pulled the 30 year old pitman arm off my F150. The cheaper split jaw type puller simply bent open. Used Impact gun and it came off in 5 seconds.