Kevin john Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Hi ,can any one advise me on what might be wrong with the power steering box on my defender? The old box was very slack with about 7 inches of free play from loch to lock before the wheels moved so I fitted a recon box ,Took it for a test drive and every thing was fine for about 150 km and now the steering is back to how it was befor, I’ve checked the oil level and all the bolts etc and all seems to be fine ,what have I done wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurbie Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 is the nut on the steering arm on the bottem off the box still tight ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I’d suggest that much slack is built up from parts of the system usually. If it was fine and then went loose I suspect the nut has come loose. Did you refit with the right torque and lock washer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigi_H Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Kevin john said: was very slack with about 7 inches of free play from lock to lock What do you mean exactly? That sounds horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Sigi_H said: What do you mean exactly? That sounds horrible. I'm hoping he means slop at the steering wheel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 PAS boxes don't tend to give you that much slop, suspect as above, that something else has failed, or has come loose. Check the column linkage (all the bits, not just the bit by the box), and that the drop arm is sufficiently tight -they do have a habit of coming loose if not tightened up properly, and the lock washer being present. Then check the joints on your drag link and track rod. If it all checks out, check your wheel alignment, massive toe out can behave like this... a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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