chadzeilenga
Active member
Hi All,
I'm almost done with the rebuild of my front suspension and steering components (Ball Joints, Bushings, Tie Rods, Idler Arm etc). I pulled the old pitman arm last night to replace and I was originally going to just replace the output shaft seal on my steering gearbox, but I see that it is possibly weeping at the top near the input.
Has anyone serviced the seals on a gearbox when it was installed or is it required to remove? Aside from the weepage, I don't really have any issues with the gearbox on my Montero and would rather avoid opening up a can of worms that I wasn't prepared for yet.
Also, I couldn't find any threads, but has anyone rebuilt one of these gearboxes? My main concern would be parts availability. My thought was to pick up a used one and rebuild it and then swap them.
What is the difference in the 1989 Pitman arm options. I ordered the <6/89 version as mine was an earlier build, but just curious what changed.
I'm almost done with the rebuild of my front suspension and steering components (Ball Joints, Bushings, Tie Rods, Idler Arm etc). I pulled the old pitman arm last night to replace and I was originally going to just replace the output shaft seal on my steering gearbox, but I see that it is possibly weeping at the top near the input.
Has anyone serviced the seals on a gearbox when it was installed or is it required to remove? Aside from the weepage, I don't really have any issues with the gearbox on my Montero and would rather avoid opening up a can of worms that I wasn't prepared for yet.
Also, I couldn't find any threads, but has anyone rebuilt one of these gearboxes? My main concern would be parts availability. My thought was to pick up a used one and rebuild it and then swap them.
What is the difference in the 1989 Pitman arm options. I ordered the <6/89 version as mine was an earlier build, but just curious what changed.
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