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As you say - they are M8 but I must say I am a bit surprised because my 1975 has imperial nuts and bolts.

Removed mine this morning. Used the recommended tool and left it under quite high tension all last night. This morning it came off with a little help from an 18 inch bar on the socket.k

2hrs with a fine point punch and they are out. Going with hex head replacements

Cheers me dears - I've had lovely afternoon with a small point chisel to tap them out (very slowly it seems) but they are out with treads intact. So, no more shear bolt's going back in. Just regular bolt's - whatever size these are, so I can get them out again if needs be.

Hello, I am in the middle of removing the steering column and steering box on my 1975 petrol 88. The manual says 'use a centre punch on the sheer bolts that pinch the ignition switch to the steering column and then use an easy out to remove the sheer bolt's. Well, that is an easy statement to...

Thanks for this - I was sort of hoping I wouldn't have to but hey ho, the dash will just have to come out.

Thanks to all members for your collective experience on this one. I reverted to the old '2 person' approach on this. Got the Mrs to pump up the footbrake until it was solid, then I cracked open the bleed nipple and shut it again really quickly. Lots and lots of micro air bubbles came...

So, I have been researching threads on here about steering box overhaul and it seems to me that all of the collective experience is to remove the steering box with the steering column attached otherwise ball bearings end up all over the show. So, my question is - is this sequence correct or am...

Must say - there are some very suspect quality parts out there - evnTRW and branded OEM have issues

'll give gravity a go and see what happens.

Many thanks, I wonder if I damaged the seals in the MS when the pushrod was incorrectly set. Gonna try one more bleed tonite, then it's probably another MS.

Hi all, New to Land Rovers - especially Series. I recently changed all of the following: Master Cylinder; All 4 wheel cylinders; Hard pipes; Hoses; Unions. Messed up yesterday by having the master cylinder pushrod incorrectly set - this is now sorted as per Haynes manual. However, I have...