The donor box we got for the x-over on the "BLU" truggy project had a ripped boot on the stud of the pitman arm. Since we are running Sky's x-over we will be using the stock pitman arm with sky's adapter so a boot on the pitman arm stud is necessary as we are going to be in the sand among other things.

Any way, I called the stealership and they didn't sell "just a boot, but we can sell you the whole arm." Uh, yeah, thanks anyway...

So after looking at it for a few seconds it dawned on me that the boot on the IFS pitman arm stud looks just like the boot on a tie-rod end.

I went out back to my pile o' tie-rods and actually found a boot or two that were still in good condition and hand't been pickle forked into shreds. Popped the boot off the tie-rod end and put it on the pitman arm, replacing the ripped on. There is a little circular spring like clamp that you carefully remove and then install that keeps the boot's top from falling out of it's seating groove, but other than that it's a real quick fix.

I knew the Pitman arm boot was the same as the FJ-80 ends but I did not realize it was the same as the mini truck ends..... Good info to know considering most people that do Crossover just toss the old small tierod ends.

I think the boots on the stock steering stabilizer rod end are the same size, too:

http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/index.shtml#SteeringStabilizer

We have a few new boots that we have taken off pitman arms, give me your address and I will send you a couple.

Chris

Pete called you guys at Marlin Crawler yesterday (March 30th) to place and order for a double drilled flange and a boot but the person on the phone said that you guys don't have any more ????? I don't know who he talked to because I told him that I heard that you guys had some boots around the shop. Anyways there should be an order going thru for the flange so you could just throw it in the box.

I have his order right here, I'll drop a couple into the box for him.

We have been cleaning up the shop and the boots got put into a drawer

I will let him know tonight when I talk to him.

Thanks

Originally posted by Chris Geiger
We have a few new boots that we have taken off pitman arms, give me your address and I will send you a couple.

Chris sure will!:D :D :D

Chris,
Belated thanks for the boot:cool: . I picked it up from the shop last week when I came down the hill to get wheel spacers. You were on the phone, so I didn't get a chance to talk to you.

Roger, Yup, it looks like the stock steering stabilizer has the same boot on the end of it too. Just got around to looking that the front axle (we'd yanked it out and wheeled it to the corner of the shop.) :D