Universal Joint - Subaru IMPREZA 2002 Service Manual

UNIVERSAL JOINT
POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING)
3. Universal Joint
B: INSTALLATION
A: REMOVAL
1) Remove the steering wheel. <Ref. to PS-19, RE-
MOVAL, Steering Wheel.>
2) Remove the universal joint bolts and then re-
move the universal joint.
CAUTION :
Scribe alignment marks on universal joint so
that it can be reassembled at the original serra-
tion.
1) Install the universal joint.
(1) Align the cutout at serrated section of the
column shaft and yoke, then insert the universal
(1) cutout
(2) Yoke
(3) Column shaft
(4)
Column shaft side
(5) Gearbox side
(2) Align the bolt hole on the gearbox side of
universal joint with the cutout at the serrated
section of gearbox assembly. Lower the univer-
sal joint completely.
(3) Temporarily tighten the bolt on the gearbox
side. Raise the universal joint to make sure the
bolt is properly passing through the cutout at the
serrated section.
(4) Tighten the bolt.
Tightening torque:
24 N-m (2.4 kgf-m, 17.4 ff-lb)
CAUTION:
Make sure that universal joint bolt is tight-
ened through notch in shaft serration.
Excessively large tightening torque of uni-
versal joint bolts may lead to heavy steering
wheel operation.
Standard clearance between gearbox to DOJ:
Over 14 mm (0.55 in)
PS-20