Thread: steering shaft removal

Paul,

make shore wheels are straight, engage steering wheel lock, adjust steering wheel till you get movement.

i do it the easy way.
1, remove the bolts in the shaft.
2, remove all 8 body mount bolts.
3, put forklift tines through side windows and lift body off.
4, steering shaft falls out then.

Andy

Originally Posted by andrew e

i do it the easy way.
1, remove the bolts in the shaft.
2, remove all 8 body mount bolts.
3, put forklift tines through side windows and lift body off.
4, steering shaft falls out then.

Hah! even if I had a forklift at my disposal (mutters word beggining with B and ending in D in feeble attempt to avoid Ron's swear filter ), it wouldn't fit in my garage and if it did I couldn't do it that way 'coz the back windows are closed and the battery disconnected... and I wouldn't want to break that nice new window/door that I got from you

Oh, and I got bitten by that battery disconnected issue a couple of days ago when I decided to pump up the EAS using the air compressor that I keep in the spare wheel well... "no power = no tailgate release". dropped the rear seats, removed the parcel shelf, forced the floor-door-flap-thingy open, did the contortionist twist up-around-down and managed to manouveur the compressor out of the hole.

We've gotta come up with a manual bypass for the tailgate release. I'd consider it a safety issue if I was an OH&S type. Instead, I'm just a lazy bugger who reckons a small battery pack in the boot area connected to a push button might do the trick. Something else to add to my list of "stuff to do"

Got the steering intermediate shaft to move a bit by tapping very gently with a hammer... then got a phone call from a relative... 3 hours later I couldn't be bothered going back out to the near zero temperature, so it can just soak up the silicon spray and I'll look at it again tomorrow arvo.

Cheers, Paul.

I use a ball joint splitter fork down between the steering box and the UJ.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I use a ball joint splitter fork down between the steering box and the UJ.

can you use it tune your piano as well?

Elisabeth gets a bit peeved when I hit her "Ronaldi" (true) piano with it.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Elisabeth gets a bit peeved when I hit her "Ronaldi" (true) piano with it.

Curious... I think my Mum's piano might be a Ronaldi too, and she's just a couple of Km's up the hill from you (in a 4WD) at Yellow Rock.

Seriously, I've never contemplated whacking the piano with a lump of metal... I worry a bit about you sometimes Ron

Paul ... I'm working blind on how a P38 shaft setup is /// but if it's like a regular LR setup as on my RRC ... then the below will do the trick

The steering shaft has a splined end that goes / fits into a cast clamp that has a bolt that tightens up the clamp (onto the splined shaft)

Undo the bolt ... then insert a large screwdriver into the split of the "clamp flange" (where the bolt is) and drive the screwdriver into the split with a hammer // forcing it open "slightly" .... This will open the clamp up and release it's grip on the splined shaft



Mike