Dodge ram truck 3500 1996 Service Manual page 1384

19 - 1 8 STEERING
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REMOVAL AND, INSTALLATION (Continued)
J948E-66
Fig. 9 PRNDL Adjuster
(14) Install the lower dash panel column cover.
(15) Install steering wheel on column, refer to
Steering Wheel- Installation.
(16) Column shift vehicles, connect the shift link
rod to the transmission shift lever. Use MOPAR®
Multipurpose Lubricant, or an equivalent product, to
aid the installation.
(17) Check operation of the transmission shift
linkage and adjust as necessary. Refer to Group 21,
Transmission for the shift linkage adjustment.
(18) Connect the battery ground (negative) cable.
GEAR SHIFT LEWER
REMOVAL
(1) Support the steering column. assembly as
shown in (Fig. 10) using a suitable size socket.
(2) Using a drift of the appropriate size drive the
roll pin out of the steering column and gear shift
lever. Remove the gear shift lever from the steering
column assembly.
INSTALLATION
(1) Support the steering column using a suitable
size socket.
(2) Install the gear shift lever into the steering col­
umn assembly. Align the roll pin holes in the gear
shift lever and the steering column assembly.
9419-43
Fig. 10 Gear Shift Lever
(3) Carefully install the roll pin into the steering
column assembly and through the shift lever. I f the
roll pin binds check the alignment on the holes. Be
sure roll pin is fully installed into the steering col­
umn assembly.
S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
TORQUE CHART
DESCEIPTION T O R Q U E
Steering Wheel
Nut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 N-m (45 ft. lbs.)
Steering Coupler
Bolt .49 N-m (36 ft. lbs.)
Steering Column
Upper Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . .12 N-m (105 in. lbs.)
Toe Plate. . . . . . 23 N-m (200 in. lbs.)