PEUGEOT 504 Series 1970 Workshop Manual page 375

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STEERING GEAR
RACK
REPLACING THE STEERING RACK SILENT·
BLOCS
As the eye on the pinion end of the rack is not
removable, the replacement of the si lentbloc can
be effected with rack removed from the steering
box or with the mechanism assembled.
Removal of a silentbloc
·Assemble on the press bose plate, the f.ol-
lowing:
- the base
M.
- the steering rock eye
1.
- the drift N with the smaller diameter facing
the eye.
- lower the press piston until the silentbloc
falls into the bose
M.
Refitting a si lentbloc
- Smear, with tallow, the outside of the silent-
bloc and the inside of the rack eye.
- Assemble on the press base plate the fol-
lowing:
- the base
M .
- the roe k eye
1.
- the new silentbloc
2.
· the drift N with the smaller diameter facing
the silentbloc as for removal.
- Lower the press piston until the chamfered
edge of the s i lentbloc protrudes from the eye.
·Equalise the protrusion of the silentbloc, on
both sides of the eye, if necessary.