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burgerman:
 Hi all, got to replace the steering drop arm ball joint, it looks like a 1 piece item on there, am i right on thinking it can be a mare to get the arm off the steering box end ?? didnt know whether to have a go, or book it into a garage for someone else to have a mare over  :lol: 

   Any thought or tips  :-k

  P.S its a 51 plate TD5 90

Saffy:

--- Quote from: burgerman on January 17, 2010, 18:00:53 --- Hi all, got to replace the steering drop arm ball joint, it looks like a 1 piece item on there, am i right on thinking it can be a mare to get the arm off the steering box end ?? didnt know whether to have a go, or book it into a garage for someone else to have a mare over  :lol:  

   Any thought or tips  :-k

  P.S its a 51 plate TD5 90



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one piece you say  :-k like to see how :-k is there no circcliped plate under ball?
change the ball in situ no need to remove arm - its not too hard

bogie:
Bout a tenner i think for the ball.

burgerman:
Woops  :oops: only had a quick look/shake today to see what was adrift, in which case ill order up a kit to refurb it,

  I noticed tha rubber was split so guessing its filled with crud n worn from there  :roll:


  Ill order up a kit now  ;)  Cheers all

Range Rover Blues:
Not too bad a job provided the race isn't worn away.  You have to push the old race out of the arm using a shoulder inside the top of the arm.  Mine had worm badly becasue it wasn't lined up properly, I had to grind the arm a little to expose the race and then drift it out.

I use a G-Clamp and 2 sockets to hold it together whilst I fight the circlip back in.

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