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Offline grunty

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steering woes :(
« on: August 23, 2009, 21:27:10 »
I have a little problem with my Defender steering box, I just pulled away from outside the house and this happened..


stripped the steering box o find the other end


really glad it happened outside the house and not on the M5 which is where I was heading!!

Now swapped box for spare disc one i had.

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Re: steering woes :(
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2009, 22:02:35 »
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Re: steering woes :(
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2009, 23:41:38 »
was that a genuine LR steering box?
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Re: steering woes :(
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 00:30:48 »
That's deeply alarming.
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Re: steering woes :(
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 08:18:43 »
*me wonders* if at some point some cowboy applied heat and big hammer to get the drop arm off. Though that fracture is so beautifully crystalline it looks like a fault at high stress point, needs an expert to examine it. Scary.
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Re: steering woes :(
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2009, 10:47:04 »
 Seen this happen on a few occasions now  :shock:  Still deeply disturbing though  :-k
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Re: steering woes :(
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2009, 20:23:24 »
tis a bit worrying  :(
ASFAIK it is the original box, I've owned for about 5 yrs, chap before me had it near 10yrs and he never mentioned a replacement.
We did try to get the drop arm off a few weeks ago but due to the fact we could'nt get a hammer close enough to hit it hard we did it in situ..

I do go off road but no where near as aggressive as many I have seen so well withing the trucks capabilities.

So the cause is still a mystery, it would be good to get an expert to look at it but I don't know one  :roll:

Hope I don't come across this again 8-[
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