Harrris303
Active Member
I still haven't managed to separate the drop arm from the steering box, or the drop arm from the ball-joint. If anyone has any tricks for separating ball joints I'm all ears!
Just an update for anyone who's interested, after lots of hammering the ball joint separated so I finally bot the steering box out and on the bench.
I'm embarrassed to admit this but I just got the side plate off and tipped all the bearings out, and there were 21 small ones! Looks like Paul D was spot on with the first reply. I thought I lost a bearing in the grass but it was still inside, so when I put everything back there was one too many. I am surprised because I ran my finger round inside and I was sure they had all come out. Anyway looks like a very costly schoolboy error...
The drop arm is still absolutely seized on. I bought a 2 legged puller but that wouldn't shift it no matter how much hammering I gave it. If I can find a new rocker shaft online I'll be tempted to cut it off and put in a new one with a new drop arm. Doesn't look like there are many about though...