meego

meego

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Need yet another one, and this will be the third. Tried new seals and as predicted a waste of time. Any feedback on who does the best recon ones? Its about £380 for a new one after getting £100 back on exchange. Seen some on ebay for £180 ish. Anybody tried these?
 
How much have you got to spend before you realise that the cheapy ones are just not worth the money?

Peter
 
listerdiesel said:
How much have you got to spend before you realise that the cheapy ones are just not worth the money?

Peter
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Well that's a good question. However mine started leaking at 6 years old, so was therefore an Adwest box as fitted by LR. These are the "expensive" ones. A reconditioned one will be an Adwest box....but reconditioned. So that begs the question, does anyone recondition to an equivalent, or better standard than Adwest. Re-chromed shaft for example?
 
Update.

I contacted "Adwest" who are now apparently called Megal Engineering. They used to recondition their own boxes, but unfortunately no longer do so. So the hunt goes on.
 
meego said:
Well that's a good question. However mine started leaking at 6 years old, so was therefore an Adwest box as fitted by LR. These are the "expensive" ones. A reconditioned one will be an Adwest box....but reconditioned. So that begs the question, does anyone recondition to an equivalent, or better standard than Adwest. Re-chromed shaft for example?
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you cant get better than new, if shafts grooved/pitted which is why replacing seals doesnt often last long or box is set up badly,you can use sleeves
 
jamesmartin said:
you cant get better than new, if shafts grooved/pitted which is why replacing seals doesnt often last long or box is set up badly,you can use sleeves
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Thanks for info James and agree on new. But cost is everything at the moment. Might have to take the risk on recon again. Found a supplier who re-chromes the shaft, so that's an option. What is the process using sleeves??
 
darrenm said:
I payed £160 for mine with two years warranty from Autosteer direct
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I think that was one of the ones I looked at on ebay. Any feedback on it would be helpful.
Edit; Just phoned them and they send the shaft off and get it re chromed for £179.99, so will probably go with them. Cheers.
 
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