How to remove PS box

I wasn't able to use the Harbor Freight pitman arm puller on the center link (couldn't grab on anything) - there's probably a more appropriate tool for the job out there, but from what I understand (from more than one source, including a local fellow), it's perfectly OK to use a hammer on the end of the pitman arm where it meets the center link. By momentarily distorting the joint, the theory (and practice) is that the center link and the pitman arm will naturally separate. FWIW, I was hitting directionally on the end of the pitman arm towards the output shaft, not side to side, which would have put more stress on the output shaft. Not that anyone here recommended it, but there seems to be a camp out there that believes it's OK to use a pickle fork on the center link. I envisioned that as a last resort, since I wasn't willing to risk damaging the center link.

For sure I will be using the puller on the pitman arm to output shaft - no doubt about that. While I was trying to figure out how to remove the center link, I did borrow a massive pitman arm puller from NAPA. It's an adjustable Evercraft puller (776-1078) that I will probably use to get the arm off the box. It seems more durable that the Harbor Freight one. Would kinda suck if it broke on me, though, since they charged me $84 as a deposit. It probably would have fit around the center link/pitman arm joint, but the exhaust was in the way as far as setting it up.