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STEERING
GEAR AND
TIE RODS
ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION
7-11
tion. A rippled or wavy feeling of jacket sur-
face, particularly at lower end
,
will usually indi-
cate a sprung
jacket.
Replace jacket if sprung
or
otherwise
damaged.
10. Inspect control shaft upper bearing, con-
trol lever housing thrust washer, and steering
shaft upper bearing in signal switch housing.
Replace
unserviceable parts
as described in
paragraph
7-7.
7-1
0 ASSEMBLY AND
INSTALLATION
OF
STEERIN G GEAR
a. Assembly of
Steering Gear
To assemble the steering
gear, reverse
the
sequence of steps given for disassembly in
paragraph 7-9. In addition,
observe
the
follow-
ing inst r uct ions that apply to assembly:
1. Lubricate
bearings and gear s with speci-
fied
steering gear lubricant
(par.
1-5) at time
of assembly .
2.
Use all new gaskets to avoid oil leaks.
3. When assembling ball nut on worm be sure
to place 30 balls in each
circuit,
making a total
of 60 balls.
4. When
installing pitman shaft
be careful to
avoid damaging or turning the feather edge
of
the leather grease seal in gear housing.
5. When
ins erting transmission
control shaft
in lower
bearing,
and when installing signal
switch housing on jacket, use care to avoid
scoring the fabric
in
control shaft bearings.
Scored bearings will
cause
hard
shifting of
t
ransmission gears.
6.
The control lever
housi ng shield
is wid
er
on
one side
of hole and this sid
e must
be placed
below
control
lever .
7.
Install
pitman arm on shaft so that arm is
parallel with
st eering column
when gear is in
straight
ahead or
no-lash position
.
8.
Temporarily install
steering
wheel and
ad
j ust
worm shaft thrust
bearings
for
proper
load
an
d pitman shaft
for proper
gear
lash as
descri bed
in paragraph
7-4.
Remove
wheel.
b. Installation of
Steering
Gear
Install steering gear assembly by reversing
sequence for removal. During installation the
following instructions must be observed :
1. Leave frame bracket bolts loose until
steering column bracket is installed. Center
steering column in cutout in dash panel and
tighten the column bracket bolts, then tighten
the frame bracket bolts.
2.
Connect signal switch wires to terminals
on instrument panel.
3. Before installing gear shift control lever,
coat
inner end and the socket in selector rod
with
Lubriplate.
If
a new bearing is being in-
st all ed on
control lever,
the large diameter of
bearing must be toward the lever
knob.
During
installation of
lever
be careful t
o draw housing
nut tight so that shoulder in nut will bear
against flange of bearing seat and lock the seat
in
place.
4. Install steering wheel with location marks
in line (par. 7-6).
5.
On car equipped w
ith
Syncro-Mesh
trans-
mission,
che ck
adjustment
of transmission con-
trols as described in paragraph 4-25, when con-
necting shift rod to control shaft lower
lever.
5a. On car equipped with
Dyna/lo w Drive,
check
transmission
control linkage as described
under "Service Adjustments" in the 1948 Buick
Dynaftow Transmission Service Manual. Check
sett ing
of neutral safety switch as described in
paragraph 10-34.
6.
When connecting tie rod to pitman arm
be careful to properly seat the bearings around
the ball stud and
make
sure that the pressed
steel dust cover properly covers opening around
ball
stud.
Turn tie rod
plug
up solid then back
off two turns and
install
cotter pin
.
7. Fill steering gear
housing
with
specified
lubricant (par. 1-5)
.
8.
Check adjust ment of back-up
light
switch
as
described in
paragraph 11-10.
9. Road test car f
or ease of
steeri ng a
s de-
scr ibed in
pa
ragr ap h
7-4,
step
11.
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