Knackered steering box.......

Hi all

Have started a rebuild project - photos can be seen here - https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/1998-lhd-300tdi-rebuild.358488/

The steering box is close to kaput -



Lots of play and leaking like a sieve.

Under normal circumstances, I would probably order a refurbished one (Adwest??), but with the current lock down getting parts sipped to my part of the world (Southern Europe) is proving challenging.

So what are my options?

- Leave it on and replace at a later stage?
- any temp fixes people can suggest?

Thanks

Try some of this snake oil recommended to me by @Hicap phill as it worked for me. The old four bolt is on my to do list but for now it's slowed the leak.

I added a glug of brake and clutch fluid to the PSF to fix a leaking steering box seal. Worked a treat.

First things first, clean all that horrendous crud off your Landy Next, could you not buy a rebuild kit and do this at home? The steering boxes are very simple, a few evening's work sat on the terrace sipping a beer...clean, strip down, rebuild, repaint...then all ready for when refitting

https://bearmach.com/power-steering...r-classic-vehicles-4-bolt-steering-box-stc890

https://www.famousfour.co.uk/new_parts/ff_part?part=2353

As v8250 said, it can be rebuilt. The main shaft may need machining though. Where I come from we rebuild boxes all the time but in most instances, a simple re-kit will not do the job. We'll have to have the shaft machined.

How will putting new seals in remove play?

nobber said:

How will putting new seals in remove play?

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It wont but if there is no play a set of seals can sort it. Given the mess all over the box it looks like something at the top of the box or even above it is leaking.
A good clean up and then see where the leek is and check for movement in the output shaft.

Have you tried to adjust the box? I thought I was gonna need a new one. Managed to adjust all the play out of it. That and a new seal could keep you going for along time. Look up on adjusting it. There's a few steps to do. Can only be done with the steering straight. Hope you can sort it.

Cheers Steve

nobber said:

How will putting new seals in remove play?

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The adjuster on the top of the box could be a good starting point.

Rougharse Racing said:

The adjuster on the top of the box could be a good starting point.

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That would be my first port of call, try adjusting the thing before shelling out on replacing all the seals.

nobber said:

That would be my first port of call, try adjusting the thing before shelling out on replacing all the seals.

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I'd go on youboob first as messing about with the adjuster can be dangerous and reduce the steering range if you don't know what you are doing .

this is good fun...

Thanks for all the suggestions. Will be taking a closer look next week when i can get back in the workshop and see if anything can be done. Worse case, I have found a scrap yard with 4 x 300 TDI's, so will go and pull buts from them.