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  1. 21st September 2014, 01:31 PM #1
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    Steering Drop Arm

    I've had a bit of a front end shimmy that I put down to a puncture repair and was going to get the wheel re-balanced.
    I was under the Defender today and found excessive play in the joint at the end of the steering drop arm. Looks like the spring inside has broken allowing a lot of up & down movement.

    I found 2 part numbers QFW000020 and QFW000020G, which is the correct one ? The Defender is 1994 build, Vin 16L12653A.

    Genuine seems to be about 105GBP and OEM 36GBP


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  2. 21st September 2014, 04:34 PM #2
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    DLS have them for 44 pounds,20G suit all defenders models. Pat
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  3. 21st September 2014, 08:44 PM #3
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    Consider a rebuild kit, I got mine from roverlord

    Land Rover Discovery Defender RRC Steering Drop ARM KIT LR REF RBG00010 | eBay
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  4. 21st September 2014, 09:03 PM #4
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    Looks like you can replace the ball joint in situ.

    Drop arm ball joint change insitu - Land Rover Technical Archive - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum


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  5. 22nd September 2014, 05:56 AM #5
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    Yes, you can replace it in situ. A bit awkward, but nowhere near as awkward as getting the steering arm off usually is!

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  6. 22nd September 2014, 12:28 PM #6
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    MacFamily showed me how to do this just 2 weeks ago. Quite simply really. I ordered the RBG00010 kit for about $35. I reckon even I could do it on my own now!
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