Thread: Rover Steering Box - Drop Arm Removal

Originally Posted by drover81

To save myself a bit of downtime with the car, I plan on replacing the seals on a second hand steering box and then swapping it out.

However, the puller I have is only small (27mm opening) - nowhere near big enough (as I understand) to remove the droparm. At this stage, I can't see the point in spending the odd $100 on a bigger puller, just for this job.

Does anyone know of a friendly mechanic that has the right tools in/about West Melbourne that'll just remove the droparm?

Cant help on a mechanic, but when I did mine I purchased a supacheap drop arm puller, it just split when I tightened it up, waste of time and money. I ended up finding tool shop that hire the tool out and did the job with ease...
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My steering box slipped out of hands on removal, fell on the concrete ground from only a small height, drop arm fell off. I think that was the easiest drop arm removal in LR history

I used a big hydraulic assisted puller on mine when I did it in the D2a to replace the bottom seals. There was a bit of a smokey haze coming from it as it pulled it off. It was very tight.

Originally Posted by uninformed

My steering box slipped out of hands on removal, fell on the concrete ground from only a small height, drop arm fell off. I think that was the easiest drop arm removal in LR history

I've had two boxes over the years where the arm came loose repeatedly over time.

Didn't matter how tight the nut was done up, lock washer correctly installed, etc.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

I've had two boxes over the years where the arm came loose repeatedly over time.

Didn't matter how tight the nut was done up, lock washer correctly installed, etc.

DL

Similar experiences here, once a box does that it's time to hunt up another one.