300Tdi Defender
57
STEERING
14
REPAIR
DRAG LINK AND DRAG LINK ENDS
Service repair no - 57.55.17
Remove
1. Park vehicle on level ground and chock rear
wheels.
2. Set road wheels in straight ahead position.
3. Raise vehicle and fit axle stands or use a ramp.
4. Remove front road wheel.
5. Disconnect steering damper at drag link bracket.
6. Remove split pin and castellated nut securing
drag link ball joints to swivel housing arms.
7. Disconnect drag link ball joints using
LRT-57-018.
8. Remove drag link.
9. Slacken clamp bolts.
10. Unscrew ball joints and remove from drag link.
11. Clean internal threads of drag link.
12. Fit new ends to drag link and loosely fit clamp
bolts.
13. Set ball joints to drag link measurement to 28,5
mm.
14. Adjust ball pin centres to nominal length of 924
mm, this length is adjusted during refit.
