Chevrolet 10 1971 Series Chassis Service Manual page 358

STEERING 9-18
replacement becomes necessary. Do not use
replacement parts of lesser quality or substi­
tute design. Torque values must be used as
specified during reassembly to assure proper
retention of these parts.
Tie Rod
Removal
1. Place vehicle on hoist.
2. Remove cotter pins from ball studs and remove castel­
lated nuts.
3. To remove outer ball stud, tap on steering arm at
tie rod end with a hammer while using a heavy ham­
mer or similar tool as a backing (fig. 35).
4. Remove inner ball stud from relay rod using same
procedure as described in Step 3.
5. To remove tie rod ends from tie rod, loosen clamp
bolts and unscrew end assemblies.
Installation
1. If the tie rod ends were removed, lubricate the tie rod
threads with EP Chassis lube and install ends on tie
Fig. 34— K 1 0 -2 0 Series Steering Linkage
rod making sure both ends are threaded an equal
distance from the tie rod.
2. Make sure that threads on ball studs and in ball stud
nuts are perfectly clean and smooth. Check condi­
tion of ball stud seals; replace if necessary.
If threads are not clean and smooth,
NOTE:
ball studs may turn in tie rod ends when attempt­
ing to tighten nut.
Install ball studs in steering arms and relay rod.
3.
4. Install ball stud nut, tighten and install new cotter
pins; see Specifications Section at rear of manual.
Lubricate tie rod ends.
5. Remove vehicle from hoist.
Adjust toe-in as described in Section
6.
Before tightening the tie rod ad-
C A U T IO N :
justing sleeve clamp bolts, be sure that the fol­
lowing conditions have been met:
a. The sleeve clamps must be positioned between
the locating dimples at either end of the sleeve.
b. The clamps must be positioned within the angular
travel indicated in Figure
c. The relationship of the clamp slot with the slit
in the sleeve should be maintained as shown in
Figure
36.
d. Both inner and outer tie rod ends must rotate for
full travel in the same direction. The position of
each tie rod end must be maintained as the clamps
are tightened to ensure free movement of each
joint.
e. All procedures for alignment, adjustment and
assembly of tie rods applies to each side.
Relay R o d - C - P l0-20-30
Removal
1. Place vehicle on hoist.
2. Remove inner ends of the tie rods'from' relay rod as
described under "Tie Rod—Removal."
Remove the cotter pins from the pitman and idler
3.
arm ball studs at the relay rod. Remove the cas­
tellated nuts.
4. Remove the relay rod from the pitman and idler arms
Fig. 35— Ball Stud Removal (Typical)
3.
33.
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