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Drop arm ball joint
graham2306:
Ok the ball joint was so knackerd it had trashed the end of the drop arm so my £25 repair kit is useless. I broke my hub puller trying to get the drop arm off and I've got no skin left on any of my knuckles. Considered opinion said get the grinder out but I couldn't get the disk in without damaging the steering box and the disk on the dremmel would take about 4 years to get through. So a mates coming round tomorrow night with his diamond drills and a big cold chisel.
To cap it all I just tried to order a new drop arm from paddocks website and it hung just after the order was submitted so I don't know if I've ordered one or not!
I love Land Rovers.
Graham
graham2306:
I've just cut it off with the grinder and a cold chisel. Ordered a new one from Paddocks this morning. I asked if the nut and lock washer were included in the price and the guy said he didn't know as he had never been asked that before, but he would supply them anyway and they would only be a couple of quid extra if not.. This implies to me that there are a whole load of you out there who re-use the lockwasher! So there are a whole load of Land Rovers out there on the roads with there steering held together with a second hand lockwasher, scarey.
Graham
Range Rover Blues:
Yes but you can bend it in a different place ;)
clbarclay:
--- Quote from: graham2306 on April 14, 2008, 22:04:03 ---This implies to me that there are a whole load of you out there who re-use the lockwasher! So there are a whole load of Land Rovers out there on the roads with there steering held together with a second hand lockwasher, scarey.
--- End quote ---
From experiance of much slower moving vehicles (the sort of which spares are as good as non existant) and in field repairs my experinace is a locking washer is still effective after being reused several times. In most cases only part of the washer gets bent over when used once. More pressing is making sure the nuts are done up to a suitable torque.
If you can get a new one easily enough then use a new one.
graham2306:
Drop arm arrived with ball joint in it. No new nut and the new 'lock washers' sent are just standard 48mm washers without the lock tabs that fold over at the front of the box to stop it turning. Not been out and had a look under it as it was dark when I got home from work, but it looks like I will be re-using the old lock washer and joining the rst of you. I appreciate it can be re-used and locked in a different place and I also have experience of slower and faster moving vehicles that have scarce parts, I run a Skoda Estelle and a 1971 MG Midget. That doesn't stop me from wanting to be a perfectionist though.
A very good old freind of mine always makes this cautionary statement when tightening wheels nuts.
Make sure you torque them up right or the wheel may fall off when you go round a corner. the wheel could roll through the front of a school playground killing a child on it's way and when you loose control of the car and carreer into the queue of people at the bus stop killing them all you will never forgive yourself. Torque your nuts up proper.
Graham
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