tommobot Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Recently obtained a new 110, the steering is horrid. Vague as anything, light and not 'linear' it its movement at all. The previous owner said he drilled out the steering banjo to increase flow. I'd wager this is my problem. Its a 200tdi, I'm having a bit of trouble indentifiying exactly which bolt is the culprit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveturnbull Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 It's probably going to be the port inside the pump he has drilled out, that's the common way to make the steering lighter effectively by increasing the fluid flow. To restore it to original you're going to need a new PAS pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommobot Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Not one of these? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-Banjo-Bolt-for-Power-Steering-Pump/263510920217?hash=item3d5a798c19:g:I4sAAOSwZtJW-pK7 I can easily see how you can drill this out etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hmm, as Dave says, you open up where ever the port restriction is, this could be in the banjo, but more likely in the pump outlet. On a 300TDI/Serp V8 pump, you can unscrew the pump outlet so you can drill it off the pump, you may be lucky and find the 200TDI pump does the same? *edit* As you have linked to the banjo bolt now, yes that certainly looks like a restrictor in it, replace with a standard one and you should be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 on my 200tdi i drilled the banjo bolt out to make the steering lighter, if you replace the banjo bolt it should return it to stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommobot Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 hours ago, RedLineMike said: on my 200tdi i drilled the banjo bolt out to make the steering lighter, if you replace the banjo bolt it should return it to stock To confirm, I presume the bolt you drilled out the one i've linked to on Ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 1 hour ago, tommobot said: To confirm, I presume the bolt you drilled out the one i've linked to on Ebay? yes, of the top of my head the orifice in the banjo bolt is 4mm standard, opening it out to say 4.5 makes quite a difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommobot Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 So i've put the 'standard' bolt back in.. The difference is staggering. The steering still isn't quite perfect, I assume something else must be a bit worn but its much, much nicer. Going round a roundabout I thought for a second I'd lost all PS fluid it was much, much heavier than I was used to. If anyone wants my old Bolt there more than welcome to it, would be good for an offroader, horrible on the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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