Buick LeSabre 1965 Service Manual page 509

BOTTOM OF HOUSING ON TIE ROD END BALL
STUD MUST BE PARALLEL WITHIN ± 4 D E C TO
STEERING ARM BOSS AFTER TIE ROD CLAMPS
SRE TIGHTENED.
LOCK WASHER
NUT
PITMAN ARM
VIEW A
TIE ROD CLAMP NUTS
TORQUE TO I 2 O - 3 O I LB-FT
NOTE • THE PITMAN SHAFT NUT
MUST BE FLUSH OR ABOVE THE
END OF THE PITMAN SHAFT
WHEN TIGHTENED TO PROPER
TORQUE.
CAUTION: TO PREVENT DAMAGE
TO GEAR USE PITMAN SHAFT
NUT TO ASSEMBLE PITMAN
ARM TO PITMAN SHAFT. USE
PULLER FOR REMOVAL.
NOTE:
TIE ROD END NUTS MUST BE
PULLED UP TO TORQUE AND
TIGHTENED TO NEAREST
SLOT FOR INSERTION OF
COTTER PIN. THE NUT
MUST NEVER BE BACKED
OFF TO INSERT COTTER PIN.
FACE OF INNER TIE ROD BALL STUD MUST BE
PARALLEL WITHIN 4 DEG. TO FACE I OF INTER-
MEDIATE ROD BOSS WHICH IS 90° TO C _ OF STUD.
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) NOTE: THE NUMBER OF THREADS
VISIBLE ON TIE ROD AND TIE
ROD BALL STUD SHOULD BE
EQUAL BEFORE TIGHTENING
CLAMP NUTS.
SLEEVE
TOP OF IDLER ARM
VIEW B
N
~ IDLER ARM
NOTE: TIE ROD CLAMP BOLTS MUST BE
POSITIONED IN DOWN POSITION TO 9 0 °
TO REAR
COTTER PIN
BALL STUD
V I E W C
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Figure 8-67-Manual and Power Steering Linkage - 45000, 46000 and 48000 Series