Steering Guard

Evening all,

have attempted to fit my steering guard tonight and cannot for the life of me get the bolt out that you attach the rear left hand (looking from front o landy) of the guard on to, its holding Part of the steering mecanisms to the rest of the landy,
does anyone know if its a bolt that just comes out or does it need to be unscrewed?
any advice for gettin it out?

Cheers

Dan

And yes i have taken the nut off the other end!!

had to knock ours out wit a punch an a big hammer but it had snapped wilst undoing it so didnt matter for us but i know it was well and truly rusted in

Mine took a right good batterrin wiv a lump hammer to get it out. That fooked it of course, so I replaced it with a new one, which I plastered with copperslip when I put it in.

some are easy some arnt, should leave the nut on the end but crack it off a few threads before you hit it, you may just save the threads then, failing that a new bolt and nut is about 6 quid.
it doesnt screw out, it slides out.

£6? cost me £1 from me local landy dealer!
all done now, thanks for the help guys!

see ya'll in the mud

Dan

a quid?? kin ell, was paying 6 quid for em!!

60p for the bolt and 40p for the nut! cheaper for me to put em in the post to ya next time, pm m your address n i'll send some spares up 2 ya!

Dan

Are yer sure it's a proper high-tensile bolt?
It's part of yer steering set up, so it needs to be right.
Does it have 8.8 stamped on the bolt head?

Couldny get mine out, even with lots of ****ting with my 'persuader'.......took the steering damper off instead....no problem

On a simliar note, I fitted me sliders at the weekend and the Bulkhead bolts where an absolute arse, ended up watching my ratchet explode all over the drive, so I treated myself to a nice 24" Breaker bar, what a lovely thing it is made light work of the buggers, no more using a jack handle slid over me ratchet.......Treated meself to a halfrauds profeshneal socket and spanner set as well, £140 down to £99 aint Snap On I know, but it'll do me.....

RAZ8550TDI said:

some are easy some arnt, should leave the nut on the end but crack it off a few threads before you hit it, you may just save the threads then, failing that a new bolt and nut is about 6 quid.
it doesnt screw out, it slides out.

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99claydond said:

£6? cost me £1 from me local landy dealer!
all done now, thanks for the help guys!

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Where abouts you guys getting these?Ive sheared me Rangie bolt(and still not got it out!)

yes it has the stamp, yes it came from a certifyed land rover dealer, my local landy dealer just like to keep people coming back to him.
repeat business is the way forward nowadays!

cheers again all

Dan

99claydond said:

yes it has the stamp, yes it came from a certifyed land rover dealer, my local landy dealer just like to keep people coming back to him.
repeat business is the way forward nowadays!

cheers again all

Dan

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Well you can get me one then! PLEASE!!!

Or let us know where you got yours!

took mine off with a big torque wrench piece of ****,and i soaked it with wd40 the night b4

lr supermarket in liverpool or overlanders.

i ended up grinding the front 2 off which were holding the recovery hooks on,
i managed to get the nut off the one holding the steering mount, and then put in my nice shiny new ones,
including VAT for all 4 bolts, washers and nuts £5.70
Got it from my local landy dealer place in hoddesdon, hertfordshire,

99claydond said:

£6? cost me £1 from me local landy dealer!
all done now, thanks for the help guys!

see ya'll in the mud

Dan

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Dls will do me one for a massive £1.70! Suppose Id better cough up.