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  1. 7th September 2006, 08:05 PM #1
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    Drop arm ball joint repair kits...

    anyone have any idea if the RTC4198 repair kit is still available ?
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  2. 7th September 2006, 08:22 PM #2
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    If that is the ball joint on the pitman arm then yep, I bought a kit last year
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  3. 7th September 2006, 08:37 PM #3
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    excellent, thanks mate.
    It was NLA in my EPC, and couldn't find it online in Oz, so thought I better ask.
    Looks like an addition to an order tomorrow.......
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    FWD have ball joint kits - PN: SS54B for around $33. Not sure if they will suit your needs. www.landrovers.com.au

    Just about to order one for my County 110
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    tell me more about these kits......
    you mean i dont need to buy a new piman arm.....i can just service the one i got...?

    what do you get in the kit.....?
    and can it be done without removing the pitman arm from the sector shaft....?

    yes....mine has a bit of play in it too........
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    The kit is basically a new internals for a ball joint but all in pieces because you can't just replace the entire ball joint like you can on the rest of the steering. It would be a lot easier to pull the arm off the splines to do the kit and removing the arm is very easy to do.

    I would not buy the kits from FWD. They have some cheap stuff but unforunately the quality often is as well.
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    they are not that easy to remove....the only way to get them off without having to belt them too much
    with a sledge hammer is using a 10tonne hydraulic puller.....putting the pressure on.....
    and still having to hit it with a hammer for it to pop.....


    unless of course you are very lucky and it hasnt been put on too tight......
    (but this never happens..... )


    but thanks....i will look into repairing mine rather than replacing it.....definitely a cheaper option......
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  8. 7th September 2006, 11:55 PM #8
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    I have the good kits... from memory around the $60.00 mark..

    I just have to get off my backside and fit the damn thing on the one here!

    Tomby!
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    Quote Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK
    they are not that easy to remove....the only way to get them off without having to belt them too much
    with a sledge hammer is using a 10tonne hydraulic puller.....putting the pressure on.....
    and still having to hit it with a hammer for it to pop.....


    unless of course you are very lucky and it hasnt been put on too tight......
    (but this never happens..... )


    but thanks....i will look into repairing mine rather than replacing it.....definitely a cheaper option......
    Oh!!! If I undo the nut on mine it just fall right off!
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  10. 8th September 2006, 06:32 AM #10
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    Zook, you can replace the guts insitu, just need a pickle fork to pop the drag link off, circlip pliers, good moly grease and a jack to push the retainer plate back up into the pitman arm as the spring is strong when they are OK, not like mine atm where I pushed it back into place last night with my fingers.....
    I've serviced mine a few times in the past, (as in cleaned and re-packed when you get a boot tear) just left it too long this time with a torn boot...
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