Thread: ACE Ram replacement

How hard is it to get the removal tool? European SPX won't ship to Australia, and the response from SPX Australia was - "we only sell to Landrover Dealers - you'll have to see if your dealer will sell you one".

Contact Tadkturk on here. He just replaced his and I bled it for him. He didn't use a special tool. I've pulled mine as well and didn't use anything special.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Contact Tadkturk on here. He just replaced his and I bled it for him. He didn't use a special tool. I've pulled mine as well and didn't use anything special.

Did you have any issues with the central rod spinning when you pulled yours? I'm a bit cautious about tackling as I just need to replace the boot rather than the entire actuator, and don't want to be in a situation where I need to use vice grips to hold the central rod.

It's probably a good thing that the official tool is hard to source as I expect it will be expensive. The pricing in EU was 44euro which is manageable, but US SPX had it listed for $177US, so you'd imagine the Australian pricing would be high $200's.

I have a fairly good idea of what is required to fab a suitable tool just need to pay a visit to my brother in Yarra Junction to use his lathe and mill.

cheers
Paul

Unfortunately mines still at the panel beaters so I can't just have a look but looking at rave it's just like a shock except that you don't have access to the shaft end.

I just undid it, must have bee stuck enough. You could make it easy enough. Just a socket with lever welded on, drilled out to take tool for shaft end.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Unfortunately mines still at the panel beaters so I can't just have a look but looking at rave it's just like a shock except that you don't have access to the shaft end.

I just undid it, must have bee stuck enough. You could make it easy enough. Just a socket with lever welded on, drilled out to take tool for shaft end.

Sounds much like what I was going to do. Being a flat dweller I don't have any tool at home so I have to travel to do stuff like this.

The tool is basically a short lever with a cutout for a 3/8 or 1/2" square drive at one end and a socket at the other. I was going to get a reasonable quality socket and cut the 1/2" drive section off and weld it into a bit of flat steel with a suitable squarish cut out for a torque wrench. The other part is just a bit of rod with a slot machined into one end and flats on the other.

cheers
Paul