Steering Drop Arm

[gromit]

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


Colin

[PAT303]

DLS have them for 44 pounds,20G suit all defenders models. Pat

[Duarte19]

Consider a rebuild kit, I got mine from roverlord

Land Rover Discovery Defender RRC Steering Drop ARM KIT LR REF RBG00010 | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Land-Rover-Discovery-Defender-RRC-Steering-drop-arm-kit-LR-ref-RBG00010-/251649329453?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a9778092d)

[gromit]

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 (http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php'showtopic=14338)


Colin

[JDNSW]

Yes, you can replace it in situ. A bit awkward, but nowhere near as awkward as getting the steering arm off usually is!

John

[Ranga]

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! :eek: