After 28 years it's time to swap out the old steering damper from the land Rover 110

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[@edhorrocks]

I love the thinking... enough oil off the engine to keep them lubricated and easy to remove. Brilliant!

[@Valkyness]

Can you do a video talking about and comparing different steering damps and their uses?

[@MattTester]

I do appreciate the effort to film jobs like this, my concern would always be getting the camera filthy.

[@LRLiveUK]

Yeah, I'm still using the same camera I started with 18 months ago and it's got some battle scars!

[@pere_gt__stgtsport5467]

Very important for steering feel...

[@Forevagrey]

You can use power tools to run stainless fittings but you need a lubricant on the threads to prevent gauling between the nut and the bolt threads

[@LRLiveUK]

That sounds about right. Cheers for the info.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

The steering damper is an essential component on the Defender, especially on the short wheelbase, but you have the bolt in round the wrong way, it was inserted from the back when you took it off, now, in 30 years time, the owner will not be able to knock it back out like you had to, a good idea to slather it in copperslip as well.

[@LRLiveUK]

I didn't use copperslip as it's a stainless bolt but I guess it wouldn't hurt. You can still knock the bolt out from the back.

[@jonnysnakes5417]

A job on my endless todo list

[@CHAGrady]

WD40 ? Why? It’s a water dispersant. Plus gas,deep creep etc would work a lot better. Old man emu dampers are also very good. Good effort in what looks like a hot muggy day to work. 😎👍

[@LRLiveUK]

I did have some wurth rost off which shock freezes everything but couldn't find it!

[@seanzealony9499]

I did all the springs & dampers on my 110 last month. What a ball ache that was with corroded nuts & bolts. Even with penetrating they wouldn’t budge, so it was grinder time which was a long haul also as all 4 corners needed doing. I might take a look at damper as it’s pretty old as I replaced it around a decade ago. Must admit being 60yrs old and working on my drive and only using trolley jacks I could have quite easily torched that Landie after compressing those springs. It was like looking down a barrel of a gun and I even wore my motorbike lid for protection 😂

[@radsy5821]

Checked mine and the chassis mounting bracket is rusted through at the welds :(

[@LRLiveUK]

You might be able to replace it with one of these. www.lrparts.net/nrc4656-bracket-steering-damper-to-chassis-rhd.html

[@stevenbignell8740]

Are the return RTC dampers any good for general road use?

[@LRLiveUK]

They work fine but are a little bit more aggressive so you're working the steering a bot more thsn you would normally on the road.