Omix-ADA 18006.05 Power Steering Pitman Arm for Wrangler TJ
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There is no difference between the 1997 and the 1998 I have TJ and LJ for 06
The replacement part was supplied by the factory, it is not a drop-in replacement
There is an item that will fit the Delphi steering gear on the Jeep Grand Cherokee. In my classic Ford, I mounted the Delphi hardware box and used this Pitman arm to link it to the vehicle.
There is no additional drop for this arm since it is a factory replacement
Selected User Reviews For Omix-ADA 18006.05 Power Steering Pitman Arm for Wrangler TJ
The lift on my 98 TJ came with a drop pitman arm and they added it to that lift when it was put on. I recently replaced the steering in the jeep because it was older, and after that I felt the death wobble that I hadn't experienced I replaced my drop pitman arm with this OEM style after the drop pitman arm did not seem to work well with my new steering. Thus far, I have experienced no wobbling and the steering has been smooth.
It only engages 1/2 of the splines on my 2006 Rubicon steering box before it bottoms out, as many others have said. I took a photo of it with anti-rust paint Put a clamp on it and torque it to 185 foot pounds. My pitman arm was taken off and heated in a vice with my map gas torch for about 1 minute. After torqueing, I threw it back on the splines and got an extra turn on the nut. Now that the arm is engaged two thirds of the way on the splines, it has reached the desired position. It will be interesting to see how it turns out. In the stock pitman arm, there were two more turns on the nut than with this arm.
In some cases, the output shaft will not be able to accept the entire arm. Regardless of how well the nut and washer are torqued, the shaft is approximately 1 thread shy of protruding past it. A minimum of three threads should be visible. There is simply no way to continue! Don't save yourself the headache and buy the original mopar part. It won't cost much more than a generic. The pitman arm is too important to gamble on a low quality item.
There is a bit of a tight fit of the splines on the steering shaft at first, so you should expect to exert some effort getting the pinion nut seated To get it adequately seated, I think I torqued the nut to almost 250 ft/lb.
This new pitman arm replaces the old one. Honestly, there is not much I can say. The pitman arm is a type of biceps. Since it was impossible to remove the old one from the old steering box, I had to purchase a new one when I replaced the steering box in my 1998 Jeep Wrangler. So it's probably best for me to get a new one. Having received it in three days, I am very pleased with the service provided by 4WD Hardware. There was no surprise in the price. We have nothing to complain about!.
I'm surprised by the frequency at which people install dropped pitman arms on lifted Jeeps. Despite its 4" lift, my TJ had a 4" drop and it was in no way Track bar and drag link should be parallel and travelling in the same direction. This arm replaced the pitman arm that had fallen off while installing and it has made a big Until I switched it out, I had no idea how much bump steer there was.
This is what my 2000 TJ 5 looks like after I lift it. In order to install the provided pitman drop, I used 5". Following the lift steering issue, I had a lot of bump steer and the steering wheel pulled from one side to the other when I was accelerating or decelerating. My steering problems were fixed when I replaced the old drop pitman with this one. The factory one appears to be an identical replacement since it is heavy duty as well. As far as I am concerned, it has worked fine for me.
Everything worked as it should have. Although it was a pain in the behind to remove the old one. This pitman arm seemed to be very well made but I'm not sure if it was even worth the effort.
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