Does anybody know the quickest way to remove and replace the steering knuckle ??? :(

 

Do you have to remove any other parts as I have undone and removed the two bolts but can't seem to move it up or down (please dont tell me I have to remove the rack !!!) ?

 

Cheers peeps

 

Olly.

 

(By the way I got the steering knuckle through Andy, cheerz matey ;) !)

do a quick search on here there was a post last week

the job should take 1/2 hr

Does anybody know the quickest way to remove and replace the steering knuckle ??? :(

 

Do you have to remove any other parts as I have undone and removed the two bolts but can't seem to move it up or down (please dont tell me I have to remove the rack !!!) ?

 

Cheers peeps

 

Olly.

 

(By the way I got the steering knuckle through Andy, cheerz matey ;) !)

 

Olly

 

Spray with WD40 or something similair you should then be able to tap the UJ up the steering column with a hammer so that it comes off the steering rack , you will find it easier if the little locating ring noble is facing downwards as it will naturally bend the way your trying to hit it if that makes sense

 

Refitting is the reverse

 

Ryan

:hyper: Well I would drop it off at the garage on my way to work tell them to do it :rofl: Pick it up on my way home :hyper: This way is very quick :rofl:

Soz search police, tried searching didn't find anything remotely concerning the steering joint lol !

 

Ryan, cheers matey will give that a go this afternoon and let you know :bow:

 

(thought it was easy, just wasn't moving and I don't want to break or bend any part of the steering :) )

 

As for dropping it off at the garage, I never do that, thats just lazy and you don't learn a thing about your motor and they sting you for other bits and you can't guarantee they've even done it correctly !!! I know this will be done properly, cause I'm doing it lol. :tongue:

 

 

Cheers fellas.

 

Olly.

The other top tip is having someone else hold the steering wheel straight so that you know it hasn't moved when you fit the new UJ ;)

 

I didn't have a helper (nobody loves me :cry: :cry: ;)), and it ended up taking me three attempts to get everything back on straight - takes a while when an attempt means getting it off the axle stands, driving down the carpark, jacking back up.. etc

The other top tip is having someone else hold the steering wheel straight so that you know it hasn't moved when you fit the new UJ ;)

 

I didn't have a helper (nobody loves me :cry: :cry: ;)), and it ended up taking me three attempts to get everything back on straight - takes a while when an attempt means getting it off the axle stands, driving down the carpark, jacking back up.. etc

 

The UJ only goes on one way , on the steering column there is a flat part which is where the upper bolt goes through , on the steering rack there is a plastic locating pin again which the bolt goes through ,

 

Ryan

Wey hey, tapped it up no probs, tried to pull it off and no joy, got a screwdriver in between the spline and the knuckle and it eventually came off :dance:

 

Put back together all straight including the steering wheel, :hyper:

 

Baggins is ofcourse right it goes on the upper spline where the cutout is and the lower one on the rack has a very flimsy locating piece of metal that the bolt goes through.

 

All straight and dandy.

 

cheers matey's

 

Olly.

 

(only took me 22 mins including a fag and coffee break lol !)

The UJ only goes on one way , on the steering column there is a flat part which is where the upper bolt goes through , on the steering rack there is a plastic locating pin again which the bolt goes through

 

Hmm - I don't remember there being a locating pin on the rack of my old 300 - admittedly it was a while ago, but that's the only way I can see it going on misaligned (I definitely remember the cutout in the steering column) :confused: Most odd..

Hmm - I don't remember there being a locating pin on the rack of my old 300 - admittedly it was a while ago, but that's the only way I can see it going on misaligned (I definitely remember the cutout in the steering column) :confused: Most odd..

 

Olly No worries matey

 

Aaron tbh I have seen quite a few with this missing then it really is a hit and miss affair

 

Ryan

Aaron tbh I have seen quite a few with this missing then it really is a hit and miss affair

 

It was.. 'interesting' ;) Thinking about it, I think I know the bit you're referring to - if I'm right, I imagine it could be easily lost if a garage that didn't know what they were doing had the steering column parted at some point in the past (which, given the state of everything else on my first Z is highly likely :rofl: ).

 

Would have been so much easier had it been there - still, you live and learn :)