Drop arm removal help.

Sorry to hi jack this thread slightly but does anyone know what size the bolt is on the drop arm? I have a gap in my socket set between 30 - 36mm but just want to check in case it is an imperial socket. Also for the puller to remove the arm do the run of the mill ones on ebay usually fit or is there a specific one?
Cheers

Craig

34mm usually on a 4 bolt box , as long as puller fits a chain wrench around legshelps to hold them on and i use a short half shaft and large lump hammer to hit the arm side to get it off hitting the side will remove it eventually today one took an hour on and off

Cheers James,
Have ordered pullers and a socket,
Cheers
Craig

Good luck! It's a very fun and rewarding job :lol:

its not nice sometimes ,but ive never failed yet

This was my favourite job ever ...










Oh no it wasn't! .... I used an angle grinder carefully in the end

Alittle gentle heat dont go a miss...

1spin said:

Alittle gentle heat dont go a miss...

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Tried touching it with a lit Cuban Havana but it made no difference!

Try loosening the nut and wiggling wheels side to side or just cut it off.

I ended up taking my whole steering box of my classic and putting the bugger under a press

had this problem few years back
tried the hammer trick (did'nt get too energetic though as i tend to do seriouse damage when i get carried away )
so borrowed a puller from a mates garage and broke that too!!:doh:
ended up taking the steering box out and taking it into the said garage and getting them to do it

Andy Land said:

Tried touching it with a lit Cuban Havana but it made no difference!

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:smokin:

Did mine in position using a bench vice to remove old one and press new one in.

can you put heat on them? I can't shift mine

macna said:

can you put heat on them? I can't shift mine

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Not advised as it will melt the seal

Mine has just failed on track rod end and drop arm not steering box wear as suspected.

Letting them do it so its receipted as for sale when it passes.

Not expecting a cheap bill

sible88 said:

Not advised as it will melt the seal

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not if your careful, ive done a few with heat and hammer method

johnlad said:

not if your careful, ive done a few with heat and hammer method

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Steering boxes ain't cheap so why take the chance??

large drift like an old half shaft ,hit enough times and hard enough it will come off

Like james says
Two leg puller on the tabs. I put cable tie around them to keep on.
Tighten up
Then I got a long bar and put it through the engine compartmentbetween the fuel pump and steering box. Rest it on the back heel part of the drop arm. Then hit the long bar(drift) with a nice club hammer.

It will come off. I've done two now. Second one i left the puller on overnight after wacking the fook out of it. next morning it was on the floor!!!

You can do it !!!