Steering relay

Had to look as I didn't know what that meant in Americanese. Steering idler. I bought a NOS one. Interesting to see inside.
 
Actually Steering Idler is what the Official Rover P6 parts manual calls it. It would be called a Pitman Arm in American.

Edward Hamer
Petaluma CA
 
Actually that's not strictly correct the pitman arm applies force i.e. from the steering box. the idler arm on the (duh) idler follows this.
 
Interesting to see what’s inside. My workshop manual suggests it is sealed for life, but it doesn’t look that complex.
 
The very early cars just used a "steering relay" and the steering damper was a shock absorber unit running beside the track rod.

Items 79 & 68 in the illustration.

Yours
Vern
 

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Thanks guys.
That pivot going through the plate looks to be very susceptible to wear, is it ?
I did wonder depending what was there if it would be a viable alternative to the later units, but I don't fancy trying one of those.
 
I wonder if these would take well to being grease filled? With a suitable high pressure grease of course..
Jim
 
Hi, There's a lot of forces going on in that area. When they beefed up the idler/relay unit and incorporated the damper into it the mounting ears used to break off which was why they added the steel reinforcing bracket to sandwich it.

Colin
 
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