Discovery Steering Box

I am halfway through changing the steering box ( 4 bolt ) for a recon
unit from Paddocks. A couple of questions if anyone can help please;
The front two tie bar mounting holes on the new box are fractionally (
about 1mm ) too small for the bolts, are there different types ?
Secondly, do I just assume that the recon box has been set up to mount
the drop arm forward facing i.e has it been centralised? I dont want to
torque the bottom arm back on and find it needs to come off again.

Cheers Richard

Disco Series I 1997.

Richard wrote:

> Secondly, do I just assume that the recon box has been set up to mount
> the drop arm forward facing i.e has it been centralised? I dont want to
> torque the bottom arm back on and find it needs to come off again.
>
> Cheers Richard

You have no choice! There is no provision for repositioning the drop
arm on the output shaft - dead splines should allow it to fit in only
one position.

You would have to try quite hard to assemble the 'box incorrectly -
it's easy to check, surely, before you refit the parts. You can turn
the shafts without having it plumbed in if that's your worry.

On or around 8 Jun 2006 05:59:32 -0700, "Richard" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>I am halfway through changing the steering box ( 4 bolt ) for a recon
>unit from Paddocks. A couple of questions if anyone can help please;
>The front two tie bar mounting holes on the new box are fractionally (
>about 1mm ) too small for the bolts, are there different types ?

not definitive, but it sounds like the difference between say 7/16" UNF and
10mm.

if the old bolts are fine thread and 7/16" dia (about 11mm) then try a 10mm
metric bolt in the new holes, if it screws in easily (finger pressure) then
you've found the answer.
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