They make smaller double-armed "pullers" for suspension items like these. They consist of 2 fixed arms and a center screw that will push on the threaded center post without the damage of a pickle fork. You can most likely like rent or "borrow" these tools from a local parts place, but inspect them carefully when you pick them up as they see a lot of abuse.
Weren't you looking around for a new center link anyway?
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Yes but if i hammered it down like i did to the outer tie rods wouldnt the pitment arm kinda damage or possibly damage the steering box since i didnt remove the steering box from the pitman arm
There is no hammering involved with a proper puller, like Salmon38 mentions. You just tighten the puller with a wrench and the parts separate cleanly with no hammer damage.
I've always just used a pickle fork to get them apart. There is an old trick that sometimes works, after you loosen the nut and back it off a ways (or remove it) you can hammer on the side of the joint and the shock will cause the taper to come loose.
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Pickleforks work fine for many of these things. Obviously they require a hammer, which you stated you didn't want to use on your gearbox, which is probably smart...so a jaw puller was initially suggested.
Did you still have a question? I'm a little confused by this sequence of comments so-far as they seem to be going in a circle...and it seems the first response accurately answered your first question...plus you now have a hammer & pickle fork alternative suggestion.
I picked up one of the kits from Harbor Freight and have had no issues pulling all front end stuff apart. My bird has less than 60K miles and all the joints were good its just the boots were shot. I was able to pull them all apart and install new boots without any issues.