Plymouth Valiant V-100 1965 Service – Technical Manual page 429

19-4 STEERING
(6) Remove the three gear housing mounting bolts
and remove the gear from under vehicle.
Gear
Reconditioning
Thoroughly clean the entire outside surface of the
steering gear before disassembly to avoid contami-
nating the wormshaft and ball nut assembly with dirt
or grit.
(1)
Attach the steering gear to holding fixture, Tool
C-3323 and install the holding fixture in a vise (Fig.
2).
(2) Loosen the cross shaft adjusting screw lock nut,
and back out the screw about two turns to relieve the
load caused by close mesh between the ball nut rack
and sector gear teeth.
NOTE: Remove the cross shaft seal as outlined in
"Cross Shaft
Oil
Seal Replacement."
(3) Position the steering wormshaft in the straight-
ahead position.
(4)
Remove the bolts from the cross shaft cover,
then slowly remove the cross shaft while sliding the
arbor Tool (2-3875 for AR1 and AR2 and Tool C-3786
for AP1 and AP2 models into the housing (Figs. 5 and
6).
NOTE: The arbor tool is not necessary on A V l and
AV2 models.
(5) Remove the lock nut from the cross shaft ad-
justing screw and remove the screw from the cover by
turning the screw clockwise.
(6) Slide the adjustment screw and shim out of
the slot in the end of the cross shaft.
(7) Loosen the wormshaft bearing adjuster lock nut
with a soft drift and remove the lock nut. Hold the
wormshaft from turning while unscrewing the ad-
juster, using tool wrench from Tool Set C-3884 (Figs.
7
and 8).
(8) Slide the wormshaft adjuster
off
the shaft.
CAUTION: The adjuster must
be
handled carefully
to avoid damage to the aluminum threads.
NOTE: Be careful that the ball nut does not run
CROSS SHAFT CROSS SHAFT
BEARING
TOOL
NK456
Fig. &Removing the Cross Shaft-
APl and AP2 Models
ADJUSTER
WRENCH
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Fig. 7-Removing the Worm Shaft Adjuster-
A R I , AR2, A V I and AV2 Models
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WORM SHAFT ADJUSTER
TOOL C-3884
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Fig. 8-Removing the Worm Shaft Adjuster-
APl and AP2 Models
Fig. 5-Removing the Cross Shaft-
ARl and AR2 Models