... and it could be. Lubricate the UJs in the steering column between
the wheel and the steering box.

It might not be the whole answer but it's cheap and easy to eliminate
on common possibility.

Nick Williams <nick.williams@conformance.co.uk> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:

All of the replies so far are good, but most miss the obvious. You seem to
be suffering from what many modern Landrover owners suffer from.

Degrdation of the arm muscle, many report these symptoms when moving from
series vehicles to modern vehicles with power steering. In your case the
symptoms are more acute because;

a)You alterered the laws of Physics without repramming you own ECU
b) you walk to work (This is quite dangerous as next you may be drawn
uncontrollably to trees and find you need to hug them)

In the case of ;
a) your brain still thinks the landy does not have power steering, yet the
return feed from your arms tells your brain a different story. Reprogramming
your brain is not simple but it may help to paint the car a different colour
and have a cherrished number transfered on to the car. Also parking it in a
different location on the drive may help, fixing an oil leak BUT ensuring
another oil leak commences to ensure good Zen is practiced also helps.

b) Is equally as problematic, either you need to sign up with a local gym
and concentrate on upper arm and chest exercises or buy a 101. If you are
only using it for a weekend then a Series won't do.. the 90 will still feel
lumpy... using a 101 will ensure that the muscle tone is suitably firm
enough to get over your symptoms and also avoid the side effect as when
using the 101 you will also be trying to dodge trees rather than hug them.

Lee D

Congrats to all who said it was the steering column UJs. The bottom one was
very stiff on one axis (although, peculiarly, fine on the other).

For the record, oiling it in situ did not make a lot of difference - I had to
take it off and abuse it rather more forcefully. I'll replace it completely
within the next week or two.

Of course, I forgot that the splined ends on the steering box, steering
column and the ends of the connecting shaft each have an indent so the joint
does not come off even if the clamp bolt is loose. I only remembered this
after spending two hours trying to get the UJ's and connecting shaft  off  
the vehicle with the bolts loosened but not removed. By which time I had
actually unbolted the steering box from the chassis and managed to lose all
the ATF in the reservoir when the pipe came off. Adult language was used
(mostly at my own stupidity, it has to be said)!

Thanks, all!

Nick.

Used a pressure washer (once) to clean the engine compartment of my RRC.
    Then left it for rust to replace the oil for a week   :-(

The resulting sensation of the lubrication-free UJs binding had me
looking up the prices of steering boxes.  The far cheaper solution, as
suggested by a far calmer individual, was a few blasts of WD40 on the UJs.

I understand that it's good to get the panicking done with first and
then eliminate the obvious!  I have yet to achieve this!

BOL

Richard