steering relay

[stevetd5]

Hi any ideas how to remove a stubborn series 2a steering relay, I have removed all the bolts etc and tried "drifting it in upward direction" as per the manual but its not moving

[Blknight.aus]

a few options.

heat the chassis with a gas axe while the relay box takes the weight of the front end on a jack stand

Soak the thing for a week with dieso brushing on engine oil first thing in the morning and dieso of an evening.

cut it out?

hit it with the really big hammer

use a hydropack.

[lro11]

A friend of mine tried to remove one from a 51 and the sleeve in the chassis came out with the relay. but try what Dave said you might be lucky.

[stevetd5]

Thanks it seems I need to to spend a week coaxing it out.Tried a litle of all of the above so I need to be a little more persistent .

[4bee]

.........& when you bung it back, make sure you apply plenty of Copper Grease or other anti corrosion gunk.

[JDNSW]

Another suggestion (I have not tried this!) -

Disassemble the relay in place (careful!) and heat the relay until the oil in the joint to the chassis starts to smoke. Add more diesel/pentrating oil as it cools. Then pack the relay body with ice, or better, dry ice, wait twenty minutes and try again to get it out using the methods suggested.

[stevetd5]

Hi got relay out I cut down an old hack saw blade so the teeth were about 25mmlong by 3-4mm gently eased it between relay and chassis. I saw a thread on the series2 forum (English) showed a large puller being used it pulled it out in no time. I think I will make one up for the future as I have others to do.