Review on MOOG Chassis Products K6536 Pitman by Charles Galan

UPDATE: I originally gave this bipod arm a 5 star rating. Two years later, THE DAY after I ordered this part, guess what broke on my Tahoe. Yes, the miner's hand. First impressions were great but after less than 20,000km I was very disappointed with the quality. I heard popping noises when reversing and spinning the wheel, so I lifted the wheels and shook them. The only place where there is a game? The pitman.Moog pen used to be a popular brand used by everyone. I haven't read anything about it today other than complaining about how the quality has dropped over the last few years. Such a shame. At the very least, this one should be easier to replace since it's only been installed for two years and has never seen salt or off-road. Original Review: I ordered this to replace the drop arm on my 2005 Z71 Tahoe, fits perfectly. Took me about 2 hours to do along with the idle lever. Removing the old Pitman lever from the gearbox and fully installing the new one required the use of air tools in my case, although I'm sure I could do this with a good quality (>250 ft-lbs) impact wrench. I had pneumatic tools available, so I went that route for convenience. Just search and follow YouTube videos. For me, removing the sway bar along with removing the gearbox from the frame made the job very easy. K6534) you can check two things, although neither is very handy: 1. Take a small screwdriver and slide the rubber boot off the top of the Pitman lever and see if you can count the large wedges. Tighten the Pitman lever nut and count the wedges that way. I can't remember where I read about it at the time of my order, but the 4-spline transmission shaft was more common on my model year Tahoe, so I went with it. on a whim, and I guessed right. Only downside is that I broke the Zerk fitting in Pitman's hand trying to screw it in (I think I had bad threads on the Zerk) and had to have a replacement sent. Second, the spaceline on the Pitman arm is clearly gone now, and it's getting surface rust faster than I expected, although that's to be expected on any cast iron part and shouldn't affect its durability in this case. Get a 3 or 4 spline Pitman lever which, due to its tapered fit, does NOT fully seat on the gear shaft like the original Pitman lever. You'll have up to 1/4 inch (maximum) clearance that you didn't have before; However, once you tighten it to the required 180+ foot-pounds you should be assured it's going nowhere.