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dex1961
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p2 steering box

Post by dex1961 » Wed Sep 18, 2024 7:57 pm

what was rover thinking when they fitted the steering box .the two bolts holding it on and one bolt is a blind bolt you can't see the back of as it does not pass through the chassis. finally got the box off and will be taking it to c I s as it seems to be the choice with a few of you .as any body any negatives with them .would be glad to hear from you thank you( rant over looking for the plasters now )

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Re: p2 steering box

Post by TonyG » Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:39 am

I think Rover’s intention was to make the angle of the steering column adjustable. As such, the box swivels a little about the axis of the through mounting bolt and the upper column support behind the dashboard can be adjusted. However, in practice, I doubt anyone has ever done that throughout the long lives of the surviving P1-P3 cars! Also, the available space through the metal bulkhead limits any adjustment to a small amount.

Something I’ve struggled with on both my cars is the positioning of the steering box drop arm and I’d be interested to hear how you get on? My cars are set up for an exactly equal number of turns to maximum lock in each direction. However, this results in the drop arm fouling on the o/s leaf spring when turning hard left. Should one encounter a pot hole (more likely now than preWar!) on a hard lock, then the arm could jam above the spring. I’ve tried off-centring the steering to give les L/H lock and more R/H, then it fouls on the sump and makes turning left a challenge. I encountered this problem when I rebuilt my router and the above issues when I bought my saloon and couldn’t turn easily into my driveway! My solution was to mount the drop arm the other way up and turn over the tie rod ball joint, but this leaves them hanging slightly lower. Never been an issue but, clearly not correct. Any thoughts would be welcome.

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Re: p2 steering box

Post by dex1961 » Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:30 pm

received my steering box back from ics and spent all day today fitting it .the steering is still stiff and wondering on the road test there is at least 5 inch free play something wrong I think .iam going to have a look tomoz and see if I have done something wrong.but the answer to your problem is a hard one .is it the original arm and not one that is slightly longer I don't know apart from the problems cam left with it still clears everything (leaf springs ect.
turning the steering wheel left to right full lock is just under 3 rotations so I set it at one and a half connecting the ball joint and then the arm .

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Re: p2 steering box

Post by luli » Tue Oct 29, 2024 5:16 pm

It is very important to keep the steering column undistorted, both lower and upper bearings concentric on the same line. Unless this condition is satisfied, the stirring will be hard. See here how to do it:

https://lulis.org/2018/04/30/14128/

This is often ignored, and is a main source of hard steering!
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