pitman arm question

i have a problem on my ranger with beams trying to lay 20's as you prolly know the tie rod is hitting the pitman arm ok my question is can i remake my pitman arm like making it arch so that ill have clearance or is it better to bend the tie rod i was not wanting to do that thanks in advance

either way will take some knowlege to do sucessfully. I have built several pitman arms, but I think that it would be easier to make a tierod with a bend. Understanding the types of loads that the pitman arm sees is tough to explain.

i asked this a while back, and asked about a 4x4 pitman arm...and it doesnt work...we ended up bending my tierod...im body dropped on 20s with i beams if it helps any...my post:

http://www.streetsource.com/forum/topic.aspx?topic_id=89990&Topic_title=Ranger+Pitman+Arm+Question&forum_id=22&forum_title=Ford+Trucks

and i did just as the 1st reply says, heat up the tierod & let the weight of the truck bend the tierod