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| rallysteve Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2196   
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My steering box seems in good order; it has no leaks from the shaft seals and doesn't have any noticeable backlash.
I do however have a weep from the large cap on the end of the piston bore. Having looked online at photos, this cap is only held in place with a snap ring and sealed with a square profile sealing ring (o-ring). On the face of it doesnt look too hard to swap the seal but i cant see an easy way of removing the cap as it has no feature on it to pull it out. Has anyone removed one sucessfully. The easiest option i can see in my head is to remove the snap ring and manually pump some fluid somehow into the port on that side of the piston (where the hard line pipe uninion is normally connected.) Cheers, Steve 02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread 84' 90 3.9 V8 Caged Pickup Build Thread - Now For Sale Mobile Diesel Heater Build Thread |
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3rd Aug 2020 11:38am |
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| rallysteve Member Since: 10 Feb 2014 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2196
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Answered my own question
02' 110 TD5 Double Cab Rebuild Thread 84' 90 3.9 V8 Caged Pickup Build Thread - Now For Sale Mobile Diesel Heater Build Thread |
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3rd Aug 2020 12:48pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 07 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1829 |
How did this go Steve?
I've found that my steering box has a leak from the same place as yours - the large recessed cap towards the front. Looking at the prices for new ones (or maybe refurbed, I'm not sure) it has to be worth trying to replace a seal in the first instance. Did you do it off the car, or in situ? Have you got round to it at all...!? Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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