Torsion Bar And Sleeve Assembly; Power Steering Gear Disassembled; Removing Valve Spool Sleeve; Removing Valve Spool Adjuster - Lincoln Continental 1964 Shop Manual

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19-Power Steering Gear Disassembled
TORSION BAR AND SLEEVE
ASSEMBLY
1. Slide the ball nut over the worm.
See Fig. 22 for the correct position.
FIG.
20-Removing
Valve Spool Sleeve
Align the ball return guide holes
with the worm groove. Count 31
balls (one half the number of balls)
into a suitable container This is the
number of balls required to fill one
circuit. Drop 21 of these balls into
one guide hole to fill the one cir-
cuit in the ball nut. It may be nec-
essary to oscillate the shaft slightly
to circulate the balls. Make sure
that none of the balls come out
the other end of the circuit and
enter the worm groove between the
two circuits.
2. Coat the groove of one-half of
a return guide with clean oil-soluble
grease and place
10
balls in the guide.
Place the other half of the guide
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over the balls. While holding the
two halves together, push the guide
into the guide holes in the ball nut.
If the guide does not push all the
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21-Removing
V olve Spool Adjuster