OTC (8150) Conical Pitman Arm Puller,Black

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 a larger version of the 8149. I used the 8149 for a smaller pitman arm on a 1965 Mustang, but it was too small to fit the pitman arm of a 2001 Dodge 2500 van. The 8150 fit fine. The centering point can be removed, which is useful if the tool needs to be slightly off center. This tool also works well removing tie rod ends and idler arms, and in some cases, ball joints. This same size tool with some modification is sold as a 4964 for Polaris ball joints, and included with the 6735 kit for Sprinter ball joints (available individually as 539885). The tool appears to be of the highest quality, heavy, thick, and well constructed, so I expect it can endure very difficult jobs. The cutout is about 1.5" wide at the front and about 1.25" deep. The 8150 has a slight bevel in the opening compared to the 8149 which does not, which could make a difference if whatever you are grabbing is close to the opening size. See attached pictures for comparison. The one I received was made in China.

Very pleased, works well.

Holy cow this is a game changer. I have numerous gear and pitman pullers, but when I went to rebuild my 1985 Toyota land cruiser steering gear, could not get the pitman off even after hitting it with a torch. Put this on, cranked it, and the pitman came right off. Far far superior to the typical C-shaped pullers.

This pitman arm puller is a beast. Worked perfectly on my 2nd gen Dodge Ram Cummins 3/4 ton.

I bought this puller because the above reviewer promised it would fit about a 3" diameter pitman arm end. It doesn't. Wouldn't fit on my 2.76" arm until I took about 0.050" off. I still give the puller a good rating because there just doesn't seem to be anything bigger available. OTC has some 2-jaw models, but their photos show what looks like pretty puny hooks on the jaws, and some writers have mentioned breaking these, so I wanted the conical style. Mine looked to be made pretty well - no misalignment of the threads like another reviewer found. Once I got it on the arm with some anti-seize and used a little heat, it worked great. It would deserve a top rating if OTC could just tell the customer some dimensions instead of vague descriptions like "designed for light trucks". So here's my take: the end of your arm needs to have a diameter of less than about 2.60". Sorry I can't be more precise, but the tools is conical, so the thickness and bevel of your arm also affects the fit.

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!

If I can save anyone some headache and money before you try to remove a pitman arm, just buy this one. I started with the u shaped ones. They bent. I went to the much cheaper Snap-on version with the bolts that don’t allow the arms to bend out. The bolts got their threads messed up from the tension and couldn’t grip the arm because the tool was too thick at the end. This one got it off in 8 seconds and it’s undamaged. I could have saved money by buying this in the first place instead of 3 different ones.

Fue un servicio excelente Superó mis expectativas Gracias

Very solid tool

Don't be tempted by the cheap ones, you'll just end up buying this one anyway. I had to check one of the other reviews here to see if I had written it - same deal, destroyed a couple of cheap pullers trying to get a pitman arm off a Jeep steering box. Still had to work for it with this one, but it left the puller unharmed, and way less sketchy too (can't have the arms spread and pop off). Tightened it up, gave the side of the pitman arm a couple of taps with the hammer, and it popped right off.

This is one tough puller. I needed to pull the pitman arm off a Jeep steering box, broke a two jawed puller, so ordered this on from Amazon, took four days to get here (Canada post). Took it into the garage and mounted it on the pitman arm and hit it with a 1/2 " impact---no movement. Got out the 3/4" and the arm came off no problem. The area that faces the pitman arm is quite large ( although I thought a bit thin) so the force is distributed over a large area. Well worth money

Not sure if it’s impact rated but it only ever hits 2-3 times before she’s free, fits all jeeps and gm trucks I’ve needed it for so far