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How do you know if your steering box is on the way out? Noticed a slightly funny feeling in the steering a few months ago when I was coming back to the straight position after turning and now my steering pump has started leaking (bit coincidental for my liking). My thinking is that something is going wrong in the steering box and crap in the oil has done the pulley seal in the pump and making it sound a bit crap on cold starts.... Anyone got any words of advice?

  Bob

fit new pump and adjust your steering box and all is good

have you adjusted the steering box?  is the funny feeling still there? what mileage has the vehicle done?
regards tom

Hi Tom. I have had the Disco for 2 years and have never adjusted the steering box. It has 116k on the clock.

Bob.

seal,s don,t last for ever a classic rangie i had did have the same symptoms  that was the steering ujs and it was sudden and terrible to drive
if the box was fragmenting it would be the pump that would go
regards tom

Hi just had the same problem with my steering, it felt like over/under steer more noticable at speed. I adjusted steering box but  seemed to make steering stiffer but the problem was still there.holding steering shaft and rotating slightly back and forward you could feel the play. replaced with another steering box yesterday and all good again.cheers paddy.

My money is on seized steering column U/J's Disconnect shaft completly & check the U/J's for free rotation.

agree with aqms, seen this many times

Geoff

Thanks guys.