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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: nickW on January 23, 2006, 21:05:33
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does anyone know where i can get one of these, it attaches to the bottom of the steering box and mine is knackered, its a v8i J reg disco
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Yes... it's the drop arm... so any decent independant LR parts company, even your main dealer.
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That would be your drop arm and ball joint, any landrover spares shop will have them for about sixty quid.
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if its just the ball joint had it paddocks do a repair kit for them £6 plus vat... page 2 on steering section
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how do you actually change the balljoint out of it
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:D take split pin out undo nut knock out give tap should drop down easy enough spray wd40 day befor :Dto take the arm out is a different story can be near impossible on some trucks is quite diffucult
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no idea...know ive got it coming soon and was gonna ring paddocks...theyre quite helpful there... im sure someone wiser on here will enlighten us..
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so does the arm stay attached and you drop the ball joint out of the bottom
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The arm is the swine bit sometimes they will come out, but I've yet to meet one that has for me
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I have one of those going spare also came off a J reg Discovery (V8) if your still in need send me a PM and we'll arrange something.
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I changed my rod end(oohh err) recently to fit heavy duty ones. Buy a splitter form Halford or your nearest motor factors place. Cost under a tenner and makes removing it a doddle. You cant gat a hammer at it easily and rick damaging your steering bow...which is far more costly. The splitter will come in handy for all those other annoying jobs that you used to hit with a hammer!!!
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im still a bit confused about how you actualy get the ball joint out does it com out of the bottom of the arm
thanks for the offer turtle did you say you had an arm or the balljoint
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Drop arm a pig to get off, i fitted a replacement steering box to the 90, couldn't get the drop arm off for anything, luckily brought new one with box, but had to try to remove to send old box to paddocks. Swivel pin not to bad, you will need a splitter to disconnect the steering rod thingy, then their is a cir-clip that has to be removed from the underside, and it all drops out, watch for the spring though, its more obvious when you get the new one and see all the bits, a right [!Expletive Deleted!] to put back though i found, took some serious swearing and lot of huffing and puffing :lol:
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If you just want to get the ball joint out you first have to take the drag link off from the top. Then if you look underneath the ball joint you will see a big circlip, take this out and the joint and various cups and washers will drop out. Be careful though because it is spring loaded, and note the order that it goes together. Due to it being spring loaded it can sometimes be a pig to refit.
If the joint has a significant amount of wear in it, then the arm could be worn as well. It might be as well to just change the whole thing. I once changed just the ball joint only to find there was still too much wear and had to then change the arm.
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thanks i will try just changeing the balljoint first
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right ok i managed to get the balljoint apart, the new one is the one on the right and the old on the left the problem is that the bit circled seems to be missing or stuck in the drop arm
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it should come in the kit or it is a part that does not need changing
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im not sure as it didn't come out of the drop arm when i took the rest of the balljoint. Without the circled bit fitted its to sloppy and with it fitted it makes the balljoint to big looks like im going to have replace the whole drop arm