Willy Eckerslyke
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Hi Ray,raylish said:However, I found that my ball-joint separator worked fine on the outer joint, but the 'flats' on the inner joint are in the same line as the drop arm and there is no room between the joint and the bulkhead to come in from the other direction; should I just use a forked crowbar :?: Will I automatically need to replace the rubber boots or is it a case of if inspection says necessary :?:
I've just removed mine and was lucky that the inner joint came loose easily. I just gave it a tap with a long drift and it popped apart, which was nice. If that doesn't work, just leave it until the steering box is loose. Pull the steering box forwards and access should improve enough to get the splitter on. The rubber boots on mine are good enough to reuse, so yes, inspect and decide.
Remove all the rubber spacers and washers, even those at the bottom of the wiper spindles. Then rotate the whole rack so that the motor is vertical. This is impossible with the bonnet in place, so either remove the bonnet or undo it at the right hand side (that's right when sitting in the driving seat) then lift that corner of the bonnet up. The assembly will then lift out without being forced.raylish said:My final problem was removing the windscreen wiper motor and assembly; I ended up having to remove the air intake valance in order to wrench and prise the link-arm assembly out from between the base unit and the heater matrix - Is this the correct procedure, please - If possible, I would like to be a little more gentle when dealing with Roy the Rover :?:
The seals arrived yesterday and are a very tight fit. I had to use a drift to fit them to the spare steering box that I'm using as a guinea pig. It's now rather stiff to turn. I'm hoping that will improve with use. I filled it with oil and am waiting to see if it leaks.
Bad news for me, is that after removing the good steering box from my car, I've realised that it's a different type and the seals are not accessible from outside! This is the type of box with the flat steel top, not cast aluminium. I'd wrongly assumed it would be the same underneath. The spare box has more wear so I'm reluctant to fit that. I have another in my spares/project car so may have to use that instead.
So is yours the type with the cast aluminium top, or flat steel?
Anyone know which type were early and which were late?