Steering damper challenge!

[travelrover]

Hi team. Have spent the past few hours removing an old steering damper on my 300Tdi project. I have replaced it with a nice shiny new Bilstein.

My problem is I am unable to tighten the lock nut. As soon as the nylon bites the shaft rotates as I try to tighten. Even if I push up or pull down on the damper to apply some tension the shaft still turns.

What’s the trick to ‘lock’ this so it can be tighten?

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I’m not keen to remove the damper as it took a long time to get the bolt through the other end and that was driving me nuts too.

Any shared wisdom?

[rick130]

There's a hex inside the pin.

Use an allen key to hold the shaft.

A trap for new players, and a much better solution than the flats most use.

[travelrover]

There's a hex inside the pin.

Use an allen key to hold the shaft.

A trap for new players, and a much better solution than the flats most use.

Ha ha thanks rick130, duh! Not really a new player, been playing with land rovers for over 40 years!!

[rick130]

A new player to Billy steering dampers.

[travelrover]

A new player to Billy steering dampers.

Yeah, lets agree with that. Thanks mate. Happy Australia Day