Re: SER1 Series 1 Steering Gear

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Eighty Inch wrote:

> Alex
>  
> The best (and by far the easiest) way to remove the ball joints is to 
> use the correct tool.  A Ball joint separator. 
>  
> You can buy one at most good autoparts or tool suppliers.  There is a 
> pic attached to this catalogue item  
> http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=hand&item_ID=12138&group_ID=1629&store=australia&dir=catalog 
> <http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=hand&item_ID=12138&group_ID=1629&store=australia&dir=catalog>; but 
> for your purposes you don't need to spend over $100 to buy a high 
> quality product like Snap-On.  From memory you can usually buy them 
> for about $20.00.
>  
> They work like a wedge and force the tapered ball joint out of the 
> steering arm.  It makes a frustrating job very easy.
>  
> Cheers
> Diana
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Alexander <mailto:alexmassey@xxxxx.xxx.xx>;
> *To:* Land Rover <mailto:series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>;
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 27, 2005 6:46 PM
> *Subject:* SER1 Series 1 Steering Gear
>
> Hello
>
>  
>
> I there any important things I should know when removing the steering 
> arms from my series 1. I have undone all the bolts but none of the 
> arms want to come out?
>
>  
>
> Alex
>
I just came back from a oldtimer market and bought one for 18 euro's
Jou need a large seperator, the small one's are for small cars

Coen

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