Land Rover Series 3 - Steering Relay Rebuild

Land Rover Series 3 Steering relay rebuild. Installing a new shaft, fibre bushes and seals.
WARNING: this video is purely for entertainment purposes only. if you decide to copy this method or use any information from it, you do so entirely at your own risk. The steering relay has a spring inside of it that is held in compression. Opening the steering relay will cause the spring to release its stored energy with a high potential to cause harm or injury. I recommend that you don’t try this but if you’re going to ignore this warning and do it anyway then please wear the appropriate PPE. It’s up to you to risk assess and determine what is the appropriate PPE is.

[@TheBIKINGDUTCHMAN]

Started working on my 1952 Land Rover today which has not run for 30 years, this part is completly stuck and I was looking for a video on whats inside. Dont think I will do the job myself but it has been very helpful to understand how it works, thanks for that!

[@RetroModified]

Hey!
Thanks for your comment.
I’m really pleased you found it helpful even if you’re not planning to rebuild it yourself. That was the point of the video…to either let folk decide yes I can have a go at that or to decide nope it’s not for me.
Wow 30 years sitting is a long time. Hopefully it was under cover. Mine sat for 15 years outside which didn’t do it any favours, it still started up and ran fine with minimal effort which I was surprised at.
Good luck with your rebuild!! I wish you all the best👍

[@we773]

Wow! Dodgy doesn’t quite describe it. And I thought coil spring compressors were spooky. Not sure I’d put my face that close. Just saying. Braver man than me. Good job rebuilding the steering gear.

[@kevlandy]

It would have been nice if the tripod was a lot closer during the rebuild.👍🇬🇧