Heat and bend pitman arm?

Update. I took the pitman arm to my friend, Sid. Sid has Nostalgia Sid's Dropped Axles |. Sid is an expert at this and I am lucky he is right here in the town where I live. This has the left side of the center link down so it shouldn't hit the pan any more. But, as usually happens, it helped me identify some other issues I will need to address. But, progress.