1. Gem

    Grrrr steering balljoint drop arm

    Gah, blooming typos!!
  2. Gem

    Grrrr steering balljoint drop arm

    I assumed that, yes... The bar that joins the drop arm to the ram has a left hand threaded bar, which meant I (thinking it was right hand) inadvertently tightened the tre into to bar, making it even harder to get out... If I could get the cylinder (ram) apart I would know what to do, However the...
  3. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    Tried that, can't get enough grip, well , you can, but the acing gets in the way of turning the moley's!
  4. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    There should have been hex bolt heads where there were Allen key bolth heads, as the torque needed to undo the bolts is too much for Allen key heads, the four way slot hoding the essential leaky seal on the ram is a specialist undo.. The rod bound to the ball joint broke my splitter, trying to...
  5. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    Oh, it makes sense alright... Just assumed there may have been a few... Pointers?? Or a hello, welcome to a really Fkn awkward and frustrating day...
  6. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    Is that a joke? Cos I think my sense of humour may have frozen outside, somewhere in the dark... Just thought I'd post a photo of the 'instructions' that came with the seal replacement set....
  7. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    Nah, I meant the 109... Not a bus...
  8. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    What, like a number 26? Or... Eh?
  9. Gem

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Swore a lot at her..
  10. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    That could save a myrder case, yes, I will have to see where my nearest service centre is, if there is one.. I may have buggered some of it trying tho... :-/
  11. Gem

    TDZ power steering service.

    Want to kill the whole goddam thing!! It's un serviceable!!! It simply won't come apart, broken tools prove it... Stupid Allen key bolts... Impossible to get the drop arm ball joint off, I don't know what you call it thing that needs a special tool to get off doesn't budge with tapping/whacking...
  12. Gem

    Grrrr steering balljoint drop arm

    Just got all the parts I needed for to change the seals in my TDZ p/s, and whole I'm at it, two balljoints.. well, I thought I had... Turns out the drop arm ball joint is left threaded...whereas I have a right threaded one.. Too late to order the parts now, will have to put the old knackered...
  13. Gem

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Made up a bump stop spacer to bridge the huge gap between chassis and axle at the front.. More welding... And painted the battery tray.
  14. Gem

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Fought with the front bumper on my series 2, it had an MOD double bumper thingy, and it must weigh a ton! It was clanking about, on loose bolts, but, trying to get it off without damaging the bumper, or the dumbirons took most of the day... The nuts had been welded on, and i couldn't get to the...
  15. Gem

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Aah, what does that do, then?
  16. Gem

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Changing engine oil is definitely on the list... Although it does do it itself, gradually... More welding, dumb irons, and bulkhead footwell.. Luckily, my tyres arrived, to give me a break, and also luckily, I live opposite a friendly tyre fitter... Two virtually new BFG trac edge's... :-) on...
  17. Gem

    Brakes tight after fitting new shoes/cylinders

    I found leaving the master cylinder cap off, and g-clamping the cylinders so they go as far in as possible, then use a brake pipe clamp on the hose, should do it...
  18. Gem

    Brakes tight after fitting new shoes/cylinders

    Hmmm. Brit.... Part...
  19. Gem

    What have you done to your Landie today.

    Got two fairly new BFG trac edge's for the rear. :-) looking forward to its new shoes.