Turboman
Mab An Gov
There is a special rigid puller that removes the drop arms. Doubt if putting it in a vice will help much.
bynack
Member
not much room in the engine bay to swing the hammer with the pully on. and it ain't budging
Turboman
Mab An Gov
You don't need a hammer. You need the special puller. It just screws in, pops the joint no problem.
Bought mine in the 80s when I first had a series, from VL Churchill. Expect there will be others available as well.
Turboman
Mab An Gov
bynack
Member
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Turboman
Mab An Gov
If it has been on for years, get a heavy drift, and put it down onto the end of the arm, then give it a few hefty smacks with a club hammer, looses it up a bit.
Then attach the puller, wind it up, you will find the arm will pop off.
honolulujoe
Well-Known Member
when I did my bulkhead I took the drop arm off at the other end so it was still attached to the box, although I had splashed out and bought the puller from hnj engineering
dag019
Well-Known Member
I don’t think you need to remove the steering box to remove the bulkhead. I’m fairly sure I did t when I swapped mine over.
Extreedoc
Well-Known Member
You don't need to remove the drop-arm when taking the steering box off the vehicle though. Just the bolts holding the box to the upright and wiggle it out.
I don't have a drop-arm puller, I use a bearing splitter and a harmonic balancer puller with a couple of bits of studding or some long bolts. They can be firkin tight.
I don't have a drop-arm puller, I use a bearing splitter and a harmonic balancer puller with a couple of bits of studding or some long bolts. They can be firkin tight.
dag019
Well-Known Member
That is probably what I did as I definitely didn't split them when swapping my bulkhead
