Field repairs

[mendiplogs]

Steering went on Landrover today, just gone over a motorway bridge at 50 mph, pulled over, turned steering and steering just went light, main drop arm ball joint snapped. Doesn't bear thinking about what would have happened if it had gone a few seconds earlier. It was put on new last year, just goes to prove, buy cheap but twice.

Anyhow, 3 minutes an a 600mm sling got me home

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HI DEAN there a night mere drop arm ball joint i think there just too small mate that was good fix that sling mate jon

[Dean Lofthouse]

Do you not have a Welder in your tool box?

I am supprised.

 

I had a tube of super glue on the dash

[martin p]

Steering went on Landrover today, just gone over a motorway bridge at 50 mph, pulled over, turned steering and steering just went light, main drop arm ball joint snapped. Doesn't bear thinking about what would have happened if it had gone a few seconds earlier. It was put on new last year, just goes to prove, buy cheap but twice.

Anyhow, 3 minutes an a 600mm sling got me home

 

Got a book somewhere called "working in the wild- land rovers manual for africa".Full of bodges and quick fixes like yours,well done dean.

[monkeybusiness]

Was it difficult to get the drop arm off the steering box?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Was it difficult to get the drop arm off the steering box?

 

When I changed it last year it was horrendous, I ended up using a cordless reciprocating saw and cutting it off, this time it was easy because I copper greased the spline when I fitted the new one last year, I worked it off by hand this time

[mendiplogs]

When I changed it last year it was horrendous, I ended up using a cordless reciprocating saw and cutting it off, this time it was easy because I copper greased the spline when I fitted the new one last year, I worked it off by hand this time

 

HI DEAN i will look at our drop arm ball joint in the morning now but like your one it only a year old the arm is only £25/30 for the lot but if it goes then it could kill you or some other one good fix there mate jon

[TreeswingerPerth]

Looks like it was over tightned

[GardenKit]

It would be virtually impossible to shear off a properly made ball joint thread by overtightening, it would strip before it sheared. And its not the easiest position to get loads of leverage.

 

And, as Dean says, he torqued it.

 

Its got to be down to shoddy 'pattern' parts. Beware.

[treequip]

Dean

 

Why didn't you just put a ball joint kit in the existing radius arm?

[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean

 

Why didn't you just put a ball joint kit in the existing radius arm?

 

I have a ball joint kit already, but because it was the cheapo arm I didn't want to use it, the splines don't seem as tight as the more expensive one either and kept loosening every few months.

 

When I bought the arm last year, I bought a load of other bits, so never really took any notice of the quality or price.