No prizes for guessing who won this war

[treequip]

Last time I had one of those stuck (on a knackered steering box) I removed the box/arm together. Padded out around the drop arm and then needed 5 full hits (17 stone tree surgeon in a bad mood type hits) with a sledge hammer to separate the two .

By then the old steering box (especially the thread) wasn't repairable.

 

I still love my landrovers though

 

I used to be “of that school” until I took a box in for exchange with the drop arm o still most firmly attached.

 

The wiry old geezer nicked the box over, tapped it round a degree or two with the toe of his boot and laid not more than three good clubbing’s on it with a weedy 4 pound hammer and off it came, it’s all about technique

[treequip]

The new drop arm has gone onto the splines with a very liberal dose of copper ease, next time it will just fall off

 

You can live in hope:001_tt2:

[Dean Lofthouse]

You can live in hope:001_tt2:

 

That's how I live my life

[david]

I took the arm off because last time the ball joint went I used a kit, but couldn't change the inner part because it needed pressing out and to do that I needed to take the arm off. the price difference between the complete arm and a kit was very little so I have just changed the whole lot this time

 

i usually just run a weld (150amp) around the inner bush. as the weld / bush cools it contacts and shrinks by a fraction of a mm, enough to let it fall out without taking the arm off

[mpb]

I've put a discovery drop arm on my defender & put discovery track rods on. This gives you a ball joint thats easy to move at each end. You have to be a little creative to fit the steering damper or buy the HD QT track rods and the damper relocation kit.

 

Martin

[Dean Lofthouse]

i usually just run a weld (150amp) around the inner bush. as the weld / bush cools it contacts and shrinks by a fraction of a mm, enough to let it fall out without taking the arm off

 

Good tip

[tommer9]

Mine are usually so knackered that they seem to be hanging off by the time I come to change them anyway:blushing:.......usually about every MOT:lol:

[blazer]

I can't say this would work in this case but I use this technique alot now, an electric heat gun no flame and seals can be screened, works really well with some added controlled violence:sneaky2:

[Salix Tree & Countryside]

Did mine on the lux last month for MOT, I ground the bash......ard off wit angle grinder in the end.............sweet, nearly as good as the cone washers !!!