Glad to hear that . Thickness ruled the day and I went at it again and successfully got the seal in ! No idea how long it will last but I topped up with fluid and started the engine and did lots of lock to lock turns and no immediate leaks . I'm not out of the woods yet though . I centred the...

I see an ad on eBay for Autosteer Direct £150 exchange including rechromed shaft . They seem to have generally good reviews except for one where they seem to have sent out a repainted box that was otherwise unrepaired !

Hi Meego , regretfully I think I will have to go for a reconditioned box . I managed to get the seal inside the housing using a pipe within a pipe , the bigger pipe compressing the seal lip and the smaller one driving it in . Two problems , first , doing this compresses the centre of the seal...

Basically tried all that , as for the YouTube video , he conveniently skips the actual fitting of the lip into the box . Anyway I'm giving up on it and calling in a mechanic , I'm getting nowhere with it .

Hi Ratae , I did indeed manage to get the circlip out ! .. by drilling holes in the washer and using a dent puller to partly bust it out from behind the circlip , then chiseling out the remainder of the washer partly breaking the circlip .. what a frigging nightmare ! I also thought of the tube...

Hi Guys , I'm struggling to get the new bottom seal into my steering box in situ . Does anyone know of any good method of getting the lip of the seal into place . I've been at it for hours and getting nowhere ! TIA for any advice .

Ratae , it's the four bolt Adwest .

Ratae , it's a Defender 300tdi . I'm hoping to deal with it in situ .

Hi , the Circlip ends broke off when I was trying to remove the steering box bottom seal in situ . I'm at a loss as to how to deal with this . YouTube hasn't been much use .. all help welcome .

So I got the correct puller off eBay for the princely sum of £24.49 , using a breaker bar with a length of pipe and alternately tightening and battering from above the arm eventually surrendered it's grip . It put up one hell of a fight though !

Hi All , I want to buy one of those heavy black pullers off eBay but whereas they all look the same and are all described as Land Rover Defender drop arm pullers they have a variety of sizes given , 19mm , 24mm , 43mm , 57.5mm and even 75mm ! Can anyone shed any light on this ?

Thanks Grebby , but I am in Ireland . I would just use an angle grinder and chisel on the arm , it's the lack of access to the fluid pipe nuts on the steering box that bothered me . Maybe when the steering shaft is removed I'll be able to get my hand in under all those pipes that run over the...

Hi all , I need to replace the drop arm and bottom seal on my 300tdi 110 . I need some advice on the best way to reach it . There seems to be little room to to maneuver a spanner and a lot of pipes and hoses going across the top of it . On the Trailerfitter's Toolbox videos on YouTube the wing...

Thanks to all for the advice , just the slightest downward pressure and it slid into place .

Hi All , I accidentally popped the rear near side half shaft after I had checked and adjusted the wheel bearing . Any suggestions as to how I can get it back in ? It's sticking out about five inches and I keep meeting solid metal as I try to push it back in . Any tips much appreciated , thank you .

Back in 2015 when I first/last did this job I got the revised kit and would have just put on whatever was in that . I came across something last night suggesting that the spacer washer wasn't recommend for the shorter idler stud that came with the revised kit . And looking at Britannica's video...

Lynall , this gets worse . I didn't see a tensioner washer either ! Just a slot in the tensioner ..

I've just replaced my 300tdi timing belt . I've come across packing washer err1973 while perusing the internet , apparently for the idler pulley . I didn't see anything like it when doing the change . Could I have lost it and what would the consequences be if it's missing ? Thanks , Gerry .