chevy 87 sport van idler arm stuck?

i am replacing the idler arm on the right side of the van. i removed all of
the nuts to fix it and the idler arm wont come off of the rods.the book has
no specific info on removing this peice. what do i do.

also the car "wanders" pulling left and right and wiggles when i drive at
high speeds i took it to a mechanic to have the front end aligned and they
said it as the idler bar, the idler bar seems to have a small amount of
free space to wiggle. i think it is the tie rod that need rplacement as
the nuckles rotate so easily. whats your opinion?

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:19:02 -0400, "ironslave"
<ironsoulreaver@yahoo.com> wrote:

>i am replacing the idler arm on the right side of the van. i removed all of
>the nuts to fix it and the idler arm wont come off of the rods.the book has
>no specific info on removing this peice. what do i do.
>
>also the car "wanders" pulling left and right and wiggles when i drive at
>high speeds i took it to a mechanic to have the front end aligned and they
>said it as the idler bar, the idler bar seems to have a small amount of
>free space to wiggle. i think it is the tie rod that need rplacement as
>the nuckles rotate so easily. whats your opinion?

I think you are working on a part of your vehicle that if you make a
mistake could get you (or someone else) killed! I would strongly
recommend a good frontend shop check out, and replace as necessary
what parts are excessively worn.

Just so I'm not being a total jerk, you need either a pickel fork, or
a pitman arm puller to get it off.