frog hopper
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Got the doris to give me a hand looking for a bit of play in the steering, while she wobbled the steering wheel I groveled about looking for play in the system. Steering box seemed to be OK, then quite a bit of play found in the drop arm ball joint.
Easy fix, so ordered a complete unit, I have a ball joint repair kit to rebuild the original once off as a spare. I'd already bought a replacement steering damper so fitted that while I was in the mood.
I keep a detailed log of all work done, so looked at the odometer to record it and she has just tripped 173000 Km, thats 107497 miles.
While there noticed oil/grease weeping out of one of the swivel seals. Oh well, another job on the list, if I'm going to do the seal It would make sense to do all the bearings/seals at the same time, I think I'll wait for the weather to warm up a bit first though, in the meantime I'll just check the swivel levels.
Easy fix, so ordered a complete unit, I have a ball joint repair kit to rebuild the original once off as a spare. I'd already bought a replacement steering damper so fitted that while I was in the mood.
I keep a detailed log of all work done, so looked at the odometer to record it and she has just tripped 173000 Km, thats 107497 miles.
While there noticed oil/grease weeping out of one of the swivel seals. Oh well, another job on the list, if I'm going to do the seal It would make sense to do all the bearings/seals at the same time, I think I'll wait for the weather to warm up a bit first though, in the meantime I'll just check the swivel levels.