Steering Box Drop Arm

[Tony W]

Look like i need on for the MOT anyone ever had one  replaced ? :(  

Parts don't seam to be that expensive  :)
but they  say it is  a pig if a job to do (And They Allways say That Dont They )  :)
any coments greatly recived

[George the Disco]

Who says its a pig of a job to do!!??

Did mine in 1 hour, including 30mins to replace the ball joint.

Remove the lock pin and undo the castlated nut from the ball joint. Knock the steering arm off the ball joint. Knock the lock tab washer flat from the nut on the drop arm, leaving the washer raised against the drop arm itself. Undo the nut - you'll need big adjustable spanners/ a plumbers wrench for this. The drop arm fits onto a splined conical bit that comes out of the steering box, so you'll need to knock the drop arm on the arm itself with a lump of wood. This should wiggle the arm itself enough break the seal with the splined conical thingy. Then it just drops off.

Easy peasy.

Any probs give me a shout.

Chris

[Tony W]

Nice on Chris

Will get the bits in and have a go

and will shout if needed

thanks again

[rondye]

hi tony

i ca help or even do it for you just shout

regards

ron

[Tony W]

might just be taking you up on that

dont know any good auto elctricians do you that i dont have to the earth for

[Wanderer]

What's wrong with it now?
 :?
Ed

[Tony W]

ok electrics first

as i put on side lights all ok

ok from sitting in side

main beam on. ---left light on main beam--- but right  on full beam +

flash headlights  nothing happens

full beam on  headlight back to side light

drop arm i dont know just one of them thing i guess

[rondye]

am a electrician to trade  have since specialised i auto electronics my own project is a proof of that i am here if you need me .

ron

[muddyweb]

Who says its a pig of a job to do!!??

 :lol:   If only they were all that simple   :lol:

I don't want to scare you, but I've had drop arms so well attached as to require removal of the steering box and a lot of work... took about 4 hours in the end...  

It's a typically "Land Rover" job in my experience... the time taken and level of difficulty is inversely proportional to the length of time you have to complete it.

[nzrover]

I don't want to scare you, but I've had drop arms so well attached as to require removal of the steering box and a lot of work... took about 4 hours in the end...

Yep, they can be on the spline so tight that you end up with the box out, a 10 tonne hydraulic puller on the drop arm and then have to warm it with the gas set to make it let go.  It's not often this bad (only the ones you start after lunch on a Friday that the owner wants back by 4pm)!  :D

[Tony W]

i am waiting to get a price from the garage before i decide what to do

[davidlandy]

on my old 90 I did a very silly thing to get the drop arm off , silly but appeared to work.

I loosened the nut a bit and just drove the motor till the drop arm loosened off !   then undone the nut fully and the arm could be removed by hand.

 - safety disclaimer - I am not suggesting that u do this!
 
 

[Range Rover Blues]

Totaly agree that the more desperate to finish the more likely to get no-where.
I wanted to do the balljoint on ours because the t**t who owned it before span the drag link over to bind on the drop arm balljoint housing, thereby removing the slack.  With the drag link off it was like a baby's rattle.  I bust 3 pullers including a Sykes Pickavant even though it was getting damn hot from the torch.  I ended up grinding the insides out with a Dremmel and pressing the new one in with a G-clamp.