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I had another thought on this that might help, but not sure. It might be worth looking into it. Is it possible that some of these boxes have different diameter Pitman shafts? If so, maybe the Pitman arm you have is too small? If you have any calipers, I would measure the inside of your old...

With a rebuilt gear box, mine now drives great with no slack at all in the steering. Very responsive now and easy to steer and drive. It’s amazing how difficult it is to steer these things without power steering. With the right tools and know how, it’s not that difficult really. I got my...

I would be interested in hearing how to do this as well. Thanks!

If you look at the shaft coming out of the gear box, notice there are notches as well as the splines. Make sure you line up those notches with the notches on your pitman arm and if you get them right, the pitman arm should slide on rather easily due to the fact the shaft is tapered. If you have...

There is supposed to be a space between the pitman arm and the gear box. If you get it too tight, you might not be able to get a removal tool in there. Those things are next to impossible to remove without a pitman arm removal tool.