Thread: Steering box leaking fluid

Clean32,
Many thanks for that pic. Now I know what I should get when I go see my LR man.

Clubagreenie,
You are probably right, but this machine has stretched the budget and my goodwill a little, so first up I will try the el cheapo fix. I admit the el cheapo usually does not work satisfactorily but it may give me the time to save up for the real fix. Thanks for the advice.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

If it's a three bolt and never been rebuilt and been bored and fitted with needle rollers there's the start of the issue. The bronze bushes wear and the shaft moves and flexes the seal plus the hardening wears on the shaft at both the bush area and seal point. Shaft needs to be ground and re-hard-chromed then have the box bored out to fit bearings. Really the only solution, or buy a new 4bolt box whichj should have bearings from new, bolts straight in.

or you abuse your 4 bout one to many times and destroy the needle rollers and are left with a slow no power steer as your PS pump is cooking its self with no oil and you are doing a swortsanager impression behind the wheel, that’s if you can turn it at all. Limp home, or a flat deck

or you could just spin down the shaft, get it hardened and ground = 150.00 aprox, then spin up a new bronze bush, may as well spin up 2 of them. and your good for the next decade.

NB some 3 bouts are needle roller any way, the way to tell is how the oil line comes out the side/top, cant remember which way is which just at the moment


me ill stick with my bushed 2 boult

Originally Posted by Carslil Jim

Clean32,
Many thanks for that pic. Now I know what I should get when I go see my LR man.

Clubagreenie,
You are probably right, but this machine has stretched the budget and my goodwill a little, so first up I will try the el cheapo fix. I admit the el cheapo usually does not work satisfactorily but it may give me the time to save up for the real fix. Thanks for the advice.

hook the old ones out and just go to any brearing supplyer, about 1/2 the cost

We were never able to find needle rollers to replace directly the bushes, if there is then thats gold.