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Removing steering box?

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09 Jul 2012 09:07 #43779 by markyp2000
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make shore the pitman arm goes back in the same place get the front wheels sort of stright get the dteeing wheel stright put the coluum on the box and you shouldnt be far out but be warned as the steering has heen turned an unknown amount of times the air bag ring may nit be in the right place so air bag light may come on horn wont work they are easy to fit new ones if needed

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09 Jul 2012 18:42 #43820 by Smoggy
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Thanks for all that Marky. It ended up a mammoth job removing the pitman. After eventually soaking it in plusgas for 24hours it still wouldnt budge even with a slide hammer/puller. I got it off by hacksawing carefully through the arm and splitting it.

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10 Jul 2012 21:44 #43922 by Smoggy
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Got the new pitman arm fitted but in doing so ive managed to drain almost all the fluid from the steering box. When I get it back together does anyone know if there is a special procedure needed for bleeding the system. I read somewhere that the situation is more comlicated if the steering box is drained or partially drained?

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11 Jul 2012 22:01 #43999 by markyp2000
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Just start it up and turn it from lock to lock and topping up the fluid it will make a noise but will stop once the fluid is round the system

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12 Jul 2012 13:44 #44025 by Smoggy
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markyp2000 wrote: Just start it up and turn it from lock to lock and topping up the fluid it will make a noise but will stop once the fluid is round the system


Yeah cheers Marky, thats roughly what a Suzuki mechanic told me:

Raise front wheels off ground. Top up reservoir. Turn lock to lock few times. Top up again if necessary. Start engine and leave 1minute. Top Up. Turn lock to lock few times. Top Up. Drop wheels back to ground. Road test. :)

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