Acura 3.5 RL Manual page 743

Power Steering Gearbox
Reassembly (cont'd)
7. Press the new roller bearing into the valve housing
using a hydraulic press and the special tools as shown.
NOTE: Place the roller bearing on the valve hous-
ing with the stamped letter facing up towards the
valve side.
DRIVER
07749-0010000
8. Apply vinyl tape to the stepped portion of the pin-
ion shaft, and coat the surface of the vinyl tape with
the power steering fluid.
9. Install the backup ring ('96 - 98 models) or wave
washer ('99 - 01 models).
10. Coat the inside surface of the new valve oil seal
with power steering fluid.
11. Slide the valve oil seal over the pinion shaft, being
careful not to damage the sealing lip.
CAUTION: Install the valve oil seal with its grooved
side facing opposite the bearing.
12. Apply vinyl tape to the splines and stepped portion
ATTACHMENT,
32 x 35 mm
07746-0010100
13. Fit the new O-ring in the groove of the pinion shaft.
14. Remove the vinyl tape from the pinion shaft.
15. Apply power steering fluid to the surface of the
16. Apply power steering fluid to the inside of the spe-
17. Move the special tool up and down several times to
18. Remove the special tool.
19. Turn the special tool over, and set the smaller diame-
of the shaft, and coat the surface of the vinyl tape
with the power steering fluid.
Then slide the new valve seal ring over the shaft
and the groove in on the pinion shaft.
valve seal ring that was installed on the pinion shaft.
cial tool. Set the larger diameter end of the special
tool over the valve seal ring.
make the valve seal ring fit in the pinion shaft.
ter end of the special tool over the valve seal ring.
Move the special tool up and down several times to
make the valve seal ring fit snugly in the pinion shaft.
PISTON SEAL RING
SIZING TOOL
07NAG - SR30900 or
07NAG-SR3090A