When I bought my Jeep ('49 CJ-3A), the steering had been totally modified. I think it came out of a 1980 Camaro or something. The PO did that to get power steering, and also the original parts had too much play in them. 215 years later, the idler arm in that steering design wore out. The PO "repaired" it with baling wire--to keep the arm on the mount.
The first thing I did with the Jeep was pull out all steering components between the pitman arm and the wheels, and replace them with parts that didn't look out of place on a Jeep. A simple drag link and tie rod system, with no idlers, leaving the power steering in place. (Not original on a '49 Jeep, but what you'd find on most Jeeps from a few decades later.) Unfortunately, I neglected to adequately torque the big nut holding the pitman arm onto the power steering unit when I reassembled everything.
Thankfully, the Jeep doesn't go on roads, or above 10 mph, so when the nut fell off, I was on a trail on my property, and no harm was done. But how to get it back to the cabin for repair? Simple: run the winch line under the pitman and hook on to some some suspension component, and tighten it up just enough to hold it in place:
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