Ok to heat and bend a pitman arm?

Ace said

I'm sure you got away with it Chuck, but that is probably only because you haven't yet found the failure point in a case-hardened steel suspension part that has been annealed in this way. I wouldn't trust it in a steet or competition-driven vehicle.

Funny how you were cautioning me me about towing advice a couple months ago and now the shoe is on the other foot! :lol:

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You still carrying that burr in your saddle? you need to move on, I completely forgot about that.

Steering parts are just forged steel, there is nothing special about them. They are heated when they are formed. We weld our own spring hangers on our cars that attach our suspension parts and this is different how? It is not, it is the same thing. If done right there is of no issue. To remove king pins & bushings in semis it is common practice to use lots of heat and these trucks haul over 80,000lbs, no big deal.


Chuck