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Hello,
I think I bought the wrong tool. From sears I got a tool that looks like a 2 pronged fork, my service manual shows a different tool that looks like a short cylinder with a bolt in it. Does anybody have a pic or source for this tool?
Thanks,
brian

THIS is the kind I have & got it at my local parts house...Joe

the puller in the manual is an antique you won't find outside a swap meet, the usual 'univeral' tool nowadays is available at many tool rental places, C shaped with a bolt thru the middle, like a gear puller - if you got what's sometimes called a "pickle fork" [more for popping loose steering ball joints], that can work tapped in between the back of the arm and the frame if it's wide enuff to straddle the shaft
[yeah, what Joe said ]
Bill

Thanks Joe!
What about clutch head screw drivers (i know what they look like ) but do you know where i can get these, I saw a set of four for 24.95. Is that a good price.
Thanks,
Brian

Hey Bill,
I checked out a bus that looked a bit like yours. Turns out it is a 49 Crown motorcoach. what a beast

sounds about average, usually available at NAPA or SnapOn or other tool suppliers, and at all the repro parts vendors

Crowns that old are scarce, but coveted for conversions - Flxible are the best, of course

Bill

Either tool will work. Here is the high end version: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...5&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

Nice thing about the one from the FLAPS, it is cheap enough so if you have to grind the ears to fit your application, you won't feel real bad about it!

As an occasional customer of Harbor Freight I purchased a Pitman puller to use on my own AD. The arm had never been off and the $7.00 I spent was well worth it because if fit perfectly and did the job in about a minute. For the number of times I will do this task in a lifetime top dollar tools don't make a lot of sense.

What Joe and Brad said. I have two cheaper ones, smaller and larger sizes. One size does not fit all. Great for popping off tie-road ends, (although you can get them to break loose by whacking the steering knuckle with a BFH, the proper tools work better).

after using it on 2 tie rod ends and 1 pitman arm, my Harbor Freight puller is bent. but at 5.99 I´m not complaining, plus: I check a $17.99 puller at A-Line Autoparts and it was exactly the same one! had the same casting marks! so I´m definitely going to HF again for this

I have a set from OTC myself, but I use them professionally, and need top quality tools.