Dodge RAM TRUCK 1500 1995 Service Manual page 1269

19-26 STEERING
mm
PITMAN SHAFT AND SIDE COVER REPLACEMENT
REMOVE
(1) Remove steering gear from vehicle. Refer to
Power Steering Gear Replacement in this section.
(2) Remove pitman arm from steering gear. Refer
to Pitman Arm Removal in the Steering Linkage sec­
tion.
(3) Rotate stub shaft back and forth to drain power
steering fluid.
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• Clean exposed end of pitman shaft and housing.
• Clean pitman shaft spline with a wire brush.
(1) Remove preload adjuster nut.
(2) Rotate stub shaft with socket to center gear.
Remove side cover bolts.
(3) Remove side cover, gasket and pitman shaft as
an assembly.
(4) Remove pitman shaft from the side cover (Fig.
12).
SIDE COVER BOLTS
- TORQUE TO 60 N-m
(40 FT. LBS.)
PRELOAD
ADJUSTER NUT
SIDE COVER
GASKET SEAL
PITMAN SHAFT
GEAR
HOUSING ASSEMBLY
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Fig. 12 Side Cover and Pitman Shaft
ASSEMBLE
(1) Install pitman shaft to side cover by screwing
shaft in until it fully seats to side cover.
(2) Install preload adjuster nut. Do not tighten
nut until after pitman shaft adjustment has
been made.
(3) Install gasket to side cover and bend tabs
around edges of side cover.
(4) Install pitman shaft assembly and side cover to
housing.
(5) Install side cover bolts and tighten to 61 N-m
(45 ft. lbs.).
(6) Adjust pitman shaft, refer to Over-Center Ad­
justment.
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(1) Install steering gear. Refer to Power Steering
Gear Replacement in this section.
(2) Install pitman arm onto steering gear. Refer to
Steering Linkage in this group.
HOUSING END PLUG
REMOVE
(1) Remove steering gear from vehicle. Refer to
Power Steering Gear Replacement in this section.
(2) Remove pitman arm from steering gear. Refer
to Steering Linkage in this group.
(3) Rotate stub shaft back and forth to drain power
steering fluid.
DISASSEMBLE
• Rotate stub shaft back and forth to drain fluid.
(1) Rotate retaining ring until one end is under the
hole in the housing. Unseat and force ring from
groove (Fig. 13).
RETAINING
RING
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Fig. 13 End Plug Retaining Ring
(2) Rotate stub shaft slowly COUNTER-CLOCK­
WISE to remove end plug out from housing (Fig. 14).