Power steering box seals???

scott02464 · May 16, 2010

What do you recon to repalcing the seals (Seal kit) on a power steering box?

My box is leaking quite a bit and MOT is due next month. Its the '3 bolt' type. Is this an early box? I got told this type was an early range rover box?

If its worth doing, is it a pretty straight forward job to do? Or is it better to just get one from a breakers?

And finally, if i go down the breaker route would i be specifically looking for another '3 bolt' type or can i use either 3 or 4 bolt types? ie, same hose connections etc

Thanks, Scott

andyb66 · May 17, 2010

A seal kit may get you thru an MOT but there are (IME) not a perminant fix.

The hose connections on a 3 and 4 bolt box are different too. If you can, get a full system off a breaker and use that......if you really need to go 4 bolt that is.

scott02464 · May 18, 2010

andyb66 said:
A seal kit may get you thru an MOT but there are (IME) not a perminant fix.

The hose connections on a 3 and 4 bolt box are different too. If you can, get a full system off a breaker and use that......if you really need to go 4 bolt that is.

Cheers Andy! Are the 3 bolt boxes generally the older type boxes?

andyb66 · May 19, 2010

scott02464 said:
Are the 3 bolt boxes generally the older type boxes?

Yes. 4 bolts are generally newer and more widely avaliable.

scott02464 · May 19, 2010

andyb66 said:
Yes. 4 bolts are generally newer and more widely avaliable.

Cheers Andy, its proberly worth me doing the upgrade then while im at it then

Scott

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