REMOVING THE STEERING RELAY

As I mentioned in the previous post, Garry had obtained information from TimNZ's posts on the AULRO forum showing how he removed his steering relay.

Garry located some pieces of 75 x 75 x 6 steel angle and some 12mm x 600mm threaded rod and proceeded to construct a steering relay removal thingy.   Over the last week the offending part has been liberally  treated/doused with CRC and Penetrene.

Stuck good and tight.  Hard to see that it's a separate piece.

 It seems the 2 tonne jack was not capable of doing the job.  He could hire a 4 tonne jack from Kennards Hire or buy one at Supercheap Auto on sale for $34.00.  No prizes for guessing we now own a 4 tonne jack

Well and truly clamped and packed.

2 tonne jack and it's not even moving

Time to bring in the 4 tonne jack and start pumping.  Ever so slowly it started to move.  You can just see it starting to rise up in the photo below.

Finally, out it comes and you can see just how dirty and rusty it is. 

To say that Garry is stoked is an understatement.  Our collection of tools and implements is growing and all will come in handy, along with the knowledge gained from the AULRO forum when it's time to strip down "Bev".  

Thanks and credit for the steering relay remover thingy must go to TimNZ.