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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Matt_H on March 15, 2005, 14:41:30

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Matt_H on March 15, 2005, 14:41:30

I'm just going to order the steering box from paddock £100!  not bad...  I'm pretty sure I have a bent arm.. anyone able to confirm..

Early 1990 2.5 tdi discovery no air con or anything like that.

Cheers chaps and chapets!

Matthew

Title: straight or bent
Post by: hobbit on March 15, 2005, 18:04:30

http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/gnasha/gallery/15march/1/795593-1110894586.JPG

Does it look like this? Just borrowing the pic gnasha :)

or a swan neck type

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 15, 2005, 18:46:04

£100 from Paddocks, are you sure? mine cost £176, the surcharge was £116 on the old one!

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Matt_H on March 15, 2005, 20:57:13

yup that's the one.. when we talk about the drop arm, i assume that's the bit that joins onto the bar that joins to the swivel housing on the opposite side.  So is that a straight one then?

Yup steering box is £100 or £109 with arm, £100 surcharge.. Thats about £130 inc VAT.

Matthew

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Matt_H on March 15, 2005, 20:59:19

oh what does "to JA018109" refer to - I'm assuming it's some kind of chasis number, my number is something like "salljgbf7ga459613"

Matthew

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Xtremeteam on March 15, 2005, 21:01:40

Quote

oh what does "to JA018109" refer to - I'm assuming it's some kind of chasis number, my number is something like "salljgbf7ga459613"

to JA is what the box is for,ur ok as urs is GA

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Matt_H on March 15, 2005, 21:16:26

Well I ordered the 'non straight' one which was the to JA one... The arm looks pretty straight to me, what does the real straight one look like?

Thank you all for your help and guidance :-)

Matthew

Title: straight or bent
Post by: hobbit on March 16, 2005, 10:22:01

If it turns out you have the wrong drop arm on the new box, you can buy the correct track rod end to suit the other arm for a few quid, lot easier than changing the arm in some cases

Title: straight or bent
Post by: gnasha on March 16, 2005, 10:51:24

Quote from: "Hobbit874"

http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/gnasha/gallery/15march/1/795593-1110894586.JPG

Does it look like this? Just borrowing the pic gnasha :)

or a swan neck type

no prob i took a few under just incase i spot anything wrong when looking at the pics easyer than laying on me bk :lol:

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Wanderer on March 16, 2005, 17:47:28

Unfortunately for some they are on special offer this month at Paddocks. Looks like your timing was off a bit Andy.
I always keep an eye on Paddocks webpage for their specials.
Disks at 6.00 +vat the other month.

Ed

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Matt_H on March 16, 2005, 20:19:23

I did think they were a bit cheap, I was putting the job off for a ages cus they were at least 50% more than what I paid via paddocks.. Maybe we shoudl have a thread "paddocks special of the month"  :-)

Matthew

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Range Rover Blues on March 17, 2005, 01:42:03

Damn right, just think what i could have spent the £76 on :(

No, don't even suggest it, I'm p'ed off now.

Title: straight or bent
Post by: hobbit on March 17, 2005, 10:49:38

Yes they are well worth a look at, there updates are not a regular monthly thing, a bit haphazard

Picked up a good deal on service parts a few times myself

Title: straight or bent
Post by: Matt_H on March 17, 2005, 19:28:02

I didn't even know they were on special offer until someone pointed it out - I just htought that it was paddock doing a great price!

It turned up today too :-)

M