steering box removal

simple question!?
can the steering box on a S3 be removed without taking off the drop arm. as mine is on solid and needs to be put in a vice.
is it a complete wing off job? i have to work in the street outside so need to do it right the first time
thanks to all

bynack said:

simple question!?
can the steering box on a S3 be removed without taking off the drop arm. as mine is on solid and needs to be put in a vice.
is it a complete wing off job? i have to work in the street outside so need to do it right the first time
thanks to all

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There is a special rigid puller that removes the drop arms. Doubt if putting it in a vice will help much.

Turboman said:

There is a special rigid puller that removes the drop arms. Doubt if putting it in a vice will help much.

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not much room in the engine bay to swing the hammer with the pully on. and it ain't budging

bynack said:

not much room in the engine bay to swing the hammer with the pully on. and it ain't budging

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You don't need a hammer. You need the special puller. It just screws in, pops the joint no problem.

Bought mine in the 80s when I first had a series, from VL Churchill. Expect there will be others available as well.

One of these.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=s...=GvwSWIXgO-ifgAbOo52YCw#imgrc=On2fmQu2uWAWMM:

Turboman said:

One of these.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=series+landrover+steering+drop+arm+puller&tbm=isch&imgil=On2fmQu2uWAWMM%3A%3BiqDBK6UdWsO1VM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.hnjengineering.co.uk%252Fpages%252Fproducts%252Fhnj600000%252Fhnj600000.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=On2fmQu2uWAWMM%3A%2CiqDBK6UdWsO1VM%2C_&usg=__-DJ_q3_8UT4nuCSeDKYtKeL3Sr0=&biw=1366&bih=638&ved=0ahUKEwiF1cr6-vzPAhXoD8AKHc5RB7MQyjcISg&ei=GvwSWIXgO-ifgAbOo52YCw#imgrc=On2fmQu2uWAWMM:

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sorted cheers

bynack said:

sorted cheers

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If it has been on for years, get a heavy drift, and put it down onto the end of the arm, then give it a few hefty smacks with a club hammer, looses it up a bit.

Then attach the puller, wind it up, you will find the arm will pop off.

when I did my bulkhead I took the drop arm off at the other end so it was still attached to the box, although I had splashed out and bought the puller from hnj engineering

I am going to remove bulkhead so tell me more about steering box removal
Ian

ian93 said:

I am going to remove bulkhead so tell me more about steering box removal
Ian

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I don’t think you need to remove the steering box to remove the bulkhead. I’m fairly sure I did t when I swapped mine over.

You don't need to remove the drop-arm when taking the steering box off the vehicle though. Just the bolts holding the box to the upright and wiggle it out.
I don't have a drop-arm puller, I use a bearing splitter and a harmonic balancer puller with a couple of bits of studding or some long bolts. They can be firkin tight.

Be carefull with the 4 bolts, tow are nuts and bolts, 2 are into the box, but mine were loctited in and very hard to get out.

someone gave me a tip once, remove the drop arm from the other end - leaving it attached to the column - and then you won't need the special tool

I was swapping the bulkhead though, not fiddling with the steering

suburban said:

someone gave me a tip once, remove the drop arm from the other end - leaving it attached to the column - and then you won't need the special tool

I was swapping the bulkhead though, not fiddling with the steering

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That is probably what I did as I definitely didn't split them when swapping my bulkhead