Pontiac tempest 1968 Service Manual page 581

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1968 P O N T I A C SERVICE M A N U A L
1. Side Cover Bolts 11. Steering Shaft Seal
23. Lower Bearing (Worm
2 . Side Cover Bolt 12. Pitman Shaft Bushing
Thrust)
Washers 13. Pitman Shaft Seal
24. Lower Bearing Cup
3. Adjusting Screw 14. Pitman Shaft Nut Lock
(Worm Thrust)
Lock Nut Washer
25. Belleville Washer
4. Side Cover 15. Pitman Shaft Nut
26. Worm Bearing Adjuster
5. Side Cover Gasket 16. Steering G e a r Housing
27. Worm Bearing Adjuster
6. Adjusting Screw Shim 17. Upper Bearing Cup
Lock Nut
7. Adjusting Screw
18. Upper Bearing
28. BaII Return Guide
8. Pitman Shaft 19. Worm and Steering Shaft Clamp Screws
9. Flange Bolt
20. Balls
29. Ball Return Guide
10. Coupling and Lower 21. Ball Nut Clamp
Flange
22. Lower Bearing Retainer
30. BaII Return Guides
Fig. 9 - 3 9 Exploded View of Standard Steering G e a r
3. Inspect all bearings, bearing cups, worm groove,
bushings, seals, teeth for scoring, wear, pitting
which would necessitate replacement,,
4. Inspect housing and cover for sand holes or
cracks.
5. If pitman shaft bushing seal, upper and lower
bearing cups, steering gear housing or flexible
coupling are worn excessively or damaged, replace
parts.
REPLACE PITMAN SHAFT BUSHING
1. Remove pitman shaft seal by prying seal out of
housing bore with screwdriver.
2. Drive out bushing with tool J 1614 (Fig
0
9-42),
3. To install new bushing with same tool, drive
bushing in towards center of gear housing. Inner
end of bushing must be flush with inside surface of
housing at seal seat.
4. Install new pitman shaft seal using suitable
socket as driver.
REPLACE PITMAN SHAFT SEAL
1. Remove pitman shaft seal by prying seal out
of bore with screwdriver or suitable tool.
2. Install new seal using suitable socket as driver.