[Healeys] Steering Box -BJ8 - Follow up tools

[E.A. Driver]

Hi Tom

I went to my tool chest which has a drawer set aside for home made 
tools, amongst these are a socket designed by
Michael Salter for removal of the brass drain plug on BJ8s as well as 
the tools I used for the removal and
replacement of the dust extruder and oil seal for the steering box of a 
BJ8.  I have attached two photos of
the items I used, the very small screw driver, the small punch and the 
third item used to push the two replacement
items into final position (a piece of mild steel partially curved to 
match the shaft of the steering shaft
(like Bob Spidell, Michael,  and Jean sometimes  necessity is the mother 
of ones ingenuity);-)
Cheers
Ed
Saskatoon
Historian, AHCUSA


On 14/06/2015 6:15 PM, E.A. Driver wrote:
> On 14/06/2015 6:03 PM, E.A. Driver wrote:
>> To add to Jean's suggestion, I have actually replaced the dust 
>> extruder and oil seal  by first removing the steering arm,
>> then using a small screw driver with its' blade bent as a hook to 
>> remove them. Then carefully pushing their replacements into place
>> with a small punch of which the end was ground flat.   I added 
>> Penrite steering box oil; and also on Jean's suggestion
>> obtained from him some John Deere corn head grease.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> On 14/06/2015 5:13 PM, Jean Caron wrote:
>>> I will answer your question #2. You can replace the dust excluder by 
>>> removing the steering lever and it may be possible to replace the 
>>> oil seal with the box in the car, I have never done it that way, 
>>> likely a little more difficult. However, I would lave it in and 
>>> instead I would drain the oil and replace it with John Deere Corn 
>>> Head Grease, it is a light grease and that will take care of your 
>>> leak. I did this on the suggestion of Bob Yule at Autofarm about two 
>>> years ago, best thing I did to stop the leak.
>>>
>>> Jean
>>>
>>
>

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