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I was able to find where I put my old one. The rubber boot got torn when I removed it from the car. I'm not sure the condition of the joint because when I replaced it, it was just because I had to replace steering box, so "while I was in there" on a part of unknown age and condition.

I can't decide if I should hold on to it since I'll never be able to find another, or if I should sell it.
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Originally posted by Inkara1 Inkara1 wrote:

I was able to find where I put my old one. The rubber boot got torn when I removed it from the car. I'm not sure the condition of the joint because when I replaced it, it was just because I had to replace steering box, so "while I was in there" on a part of unknown age and condition.

I can't decide if I should hold on to it since I'll never be able to find another, or if I should sell it.


Whatever you decide, don't throw it out.  If you don't keep it as a spare, at lease put it up for sale in the forum.  I try to keep a stock pile of extra parts, especially the hard to find ones, for my car. 
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Yeah don’t toss it.... even if there’s no repairs available for a given part—- sometime, somebody is gonna figure out how to do it.....
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I was worried I had thrown it out, so I was excited to find it. It will definitely not go in the trash, knowing what I know now!
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If you have a spare…I’d highly consider sending off to rare parts to refurbish. Then you have a spare of a very hard to find part.
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I picked up a spare pitman arm for my sister's '73 Gran Torino.

D30A 3B153 (power steering)

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I have located a spare Pitman arm I had. I am going to send it off to Glen at Rare Parts and have them take a look at it for rebuilding.
I replaced mine with an NORS (new old replacement stock) pitman arm when I did my Lares 841 upgrade.

I will update back when I can.

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Man, Chevy/GM trucks seem to break a lot of pitman arms, YouTube is loaded with nothing but videos on repairing broken bow tie stuff LOL
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Sounds great Andy!  Let us know how the rebuilding goes.

Does anyone on the forum need a pitman arm?  We can keep a look out for one.

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Message back from Glenn at Rare Parts:

Good morning Andrew,

Thank you for the referrals! This is an active rebuild part number for us now. 

We had a local customer drop one off in May and we have been rebuilding these since. 
We charge $165.03 retail + shipping to rebuild these pitman arms. We estimate the rebuild time to take about 2 weeks once we receive it and get it in line with other builds.
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Andy,

I went ahead and sent this spare pitman arm I have off to Rare Parts.  I spoke with Glen this week and he said they definitely do the remanufacturing of the Torino P/S pitman arms now.

I'll let you know how it goes.

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Yes, PLEASE let us know :)
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Good news Chris. Thanks for the update.

I’ve had one I’ve been wanting to send out to Glenn but I’ve been dealing with too many proverbial irons in my fire.
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This is great news Chris. Keep us posted!
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Quick update.  I sent off a Gran Torino power steering pitman arm to Rare Parts.

The process was very easy, and they turned around the part in just a couple of weeks.

Glen at Rare Parts told me they have seen an increase in Torino requests and now setup to reman these - thanks Andy!

Note - you do need to send them a core in order for them to reman the part.

He explained their process is:
  • Clean
  • Mill internal
  • New components
  • Small ball joint
  • Press
  • Paint
Here are the photos:
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This is fantastic, thank you Chris.  I still have my original Pitman arm, so I may have to send it to be refurbished too.  Seems like the best option so far.  Do you mind saying what rare parts charges?
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Vince,

Here is the reman listing:


They also charge for the return shipping & tax.

Thanks,
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