[steve bain]

new drop arm, new nut, new lock washer. and it still comes loose!! i tighten it every few weeks and always after off roading.

any ideas? i was thinking a second nut to lock it?

 

[fanatic]

Mine was loose, look at splines if there is a lot of play-that will be the source of it

 

[steve bain]

splines look to be in good condtion to me and new drop arm also. any other ideas? is there a good way of locking the nut? can i replace the splined shaft out of the steering box only, or does it need a whole new box?

 

[fanatic]

monitor it and see how it goes, if it is persistent you could douse it in thread and bush lock. Normally they are buggers to get off-not fall off.

Will be seeing how mine goes as well

 

[steve bain]

bush lock? is that like thread lock? or different?

 

[fanatic]

bush lock? is that like thread lock? or different?

Sold as thread and bush lock, think it goes off in bigger gaps better.

Had a nissan 2.3 diesel and it sealed water pump pipe in beautifully.
Also has been suggested before on range rover rear diff input splines

 

[Patman1200]

The lock washer has to lock to the drop arm as well as the nut. I've done 2 of them in thelast years and neither have come loose on or offroad.
Have you tightened the nut up to the daft torque that Land Rover require?

 

[steve bain]

185Nm or something. yeah, done it up real tight!!

i think i'll pop another nut on to lock it as well as using bush lock. i'll do everything!!