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Mine squeaks all the time too, I kinda think of it as part of the charm of owning a defender :)

By way of a quick update, decided to tweek the newly refurbished steering box. Put approx half a turn into it and hey presto, the steering is now sooo much better!! Conscious that you can shorten the life of the box by tightening it, but I will...

Thanks for that, thinking it will need to go to someone who knows more than me as some further googling of swivel pins they seem immensely easy to mess up even further!!!

Stupid question time... how does one check the preload? And what should it be?

I presume this was done when the swivel joints were rebuilt (dangerous to assume I know), either way the problem was the same before and after doing the rebuilds

Yes Nuts & bolts all replaced, I haven't replaced the UJ's but have inspected them and all appear ok. The problem was exactly the same before I started replacing everything... the steering box was the first thing replaced and the problem was the...

Hi All, Anyone got any suggestions on why my 2004 TD5 110 is "nervous" on the road? I have explored the forum to death, and am all too aware of Defender Death wobbles and cruddy steering play etc... however when I am driving on A roads I find...