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I love snow, but not when I'm trying to work on my car, every time I go
out there I get cold and wet.
I'll tell you all a tale in case it ever effects you:
I spent the weekend abusing my car as usual until Sunday mid day when
the steering went very vague on me. I had just clambered over some big
fallen trees so assumed I'd caught the track bar but closer inspection
revealed the passenger side steering arm that bolts to the bottom of the
swivel housing was only held in place by one loose stud, the others
having come loose most of the way and then sheared off.
About 2 1/2 years ago I had a new front axle casing and ever since I've
had problems with these studs coming loose. Once I knew about it I'd
check and tighten them on a regular basis, no amount of thread lock
would work. About 12 months ago they stopped coming loose and I stopped
checking ... until now.
Apparently Landrover solved this problem about 20 years ago, they fit
lock plates / tabs. When I rebuild it I shall fabricate something
similar.
My theory is that the studs were removed when the casing was done, and
they allowed grease into the threads so thread lock compounds had no
chance of working ever since, and you can't clean them in situ because
the swivel is full of grease. Probably washing the parts thoroughly and
thread locking would work but I shan't be taking chances.
Most annoying of all is you don't even need to undo those studs to get
the swivel housing off so they could have left them alone.
Best Regards,
Jon.
out there I get cold and wet.
I'll tell you all a tale in case it ever effects you:
I spent the weekend abusing my car as usual until Sunday mid day when
the steering went very vague on me. I had just clambered over some big
fallen trees so assumed I'd caught the track bar but closer inspection
revealed the passenger side steering arm that bolts to the bottom of the
swivel housing was only held in place by one loose stud, the others
having come loose most of the way and then sheared off.
About 2 1/2 years ago I had a new front axle casing and ever since I've
had problems with these studs coming loose. Once I knew about it I'd
check and tighten them on a regular basis, no amount of thread lock
would work. About 12 months ago they stopped coming loose and I stopped
checking ... until now.
Apparently Landrover solved this problem about 20 years ago, they fit
lock plates / tabs. When I rebuild it I shall fabricate something
similar.
My theory is that the studs were removed when the casing was done, and
they allowed grease into the threads so thread lock compounds had no
chance of working ever since, and you can't clean them in situ because
the swivel is full of grease. Probably washing the parts thoroughly and
thread locking would work but I shan't be taking chances.
Most annoying of all is you don't even need to undo those studs to get
the swivel housing off so they could have left them alone.
Best Regards,
Jon.
