Well it started off as a straight forward job. Split rubber on drop arm ball joint so order up a new ball joint kit and extractor. All other steering joints done as MOT advisory (well not all but whilst there), easy removal of old ball joint, all greased and back together....that is except for the circlip. Could I get it on? Nah! Eventually had bottle jack and socket to put pressure on. Circlip in...or so I thought. All back together and then off for a tip run. Admittedly I knew the tracking would need doing, but it was wandering more than expected. As predicted the circlip had parted company somewhere down the road, so a good job the ball is held in by the drag link nut.
Suffice to say I have ordered up a new drop arm and ball joint so I can do it on the bench. So now I need to remove the notorious drop arm. Check the nut size on Google. Order up a 34 mm as suggested. Too small. Does anyone happen to know the exact size for the nut on a 6 bolt steering box before reordering and why I should have had such a mare fitting what should have been an easy job.
Cheers in frustration.
Suffice to say I have ordered up a new drop arm and ball joint so I can do it on the bench. So now I need to remove the notorious drop arm. Check the nut size on Google. Order up a 34 mm as suggested. Too small. Does anyone happen to know the exact size for the nut on a 6 bolt steering box before reordering and why I should have had such a mare fitting what should have been an easy job.
Cheers in frustration.
