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PART 3-4-
STEERING COLUMN
&
LINKAGE
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MAJOR
REPAIR OPERATIONS
STEERING SHAn REPLACEMENT
REMOVAL
t.
Remove the column from the
vehicle.
2. Remove the steering wheel.
3. Remove the
turn
indicator
switch and lever.
4. Remove the steering shaft
upper bearing retaining circlip.
S. Remove the steering shaft
through the lower end of the column
(Fig. 62).
INSTALLATION
1. Assemble the steering shaft to
the column.
2. Fit the upper bearing retaining
circlip.
3. Assemble the
turn
indicator
switch and lever to the hub.
4. Assemble the steering wheel
and re-install the column into the
vehicle.
SHIFT TUIE REPLACEMENT
REMOVAL
1. Remove the steering column
from the vehicle and remove the
steering wheel.
2. Remove the gear selector lever
retaining pin and remove the lever.
3. Remove the
turn
indicator
lever.
4. Remove the three
turn
indi-
cator switch retaining screws, lift the
switch over the shaft and place it to
one side.
S. Remove the steering shaft
upper bearing retaining circlip and
remove the steering shaft.
6. On automatic and floor-shift
vehicles remove the bolt attaching
the shift collar to the shift tube.
7. On manual transmission ve-
hicles remove the three attaching
screws column to lower bearing.
8. Remove the shift tube from
the outer column tube (Fig. 62). On
automatic column shift and floor-
shift vehicles the shift tube lower
nylon bushing must be removed with
the tube, to achieve this, press the
three nylon tabs into the holes in the
column,
ease·
the bushing down the
tube so that the tabs clear the holes.
Withdraw the tube and bush through
the bottom of the column tube.
t.
On manual transmission ve-
hicles, the lower shift tube bearing
may be removed before or after re-
moving the shift tube from the
column.
NOTE: To remove shift tube upper
bearing, ignition lock must be re-
moved first. Bearing can then be
removed from lower end of column.
INSTALLATION
1.
Assemble
upper
shift tube
bearing in the column with the
chamfered edge lowermost and install
the ignition lock.
2. Assemble
the
lower bearing
and shift levers (manual shift) and
torque the retaining screws to speci-
fication.
3.
Assemble the shift lever to the
collar using a new drive pin.
4.
Assemble the steering shaft
to the column and fit a new upper
bearing retaining circlip.
5. Assemble the turn indicator
switch and lever to the hub, and
torque the screws to specification.
1.
Refit the steering wheel.
7. Re-assemble the column to
the vehicle.
8. Align the column to the steer-
ing gear and adjust the shift linkage
as required.
IGNITION LOCK REPLACEMENT
REMOVAL
l. Remove the column from the
vehicle and remove steering wheel.
2. Remove
the
steering
lock
shroud and shift tube.
3. Cut slots in the steering lock
attaching bolts with a hacksaw and
remove bolts with a screw driver or
hammer and centre punch.
4. Rotate the lock around the
column tube until one end of the
base clears the aperture, lift the lock
from the
column.
INSTALLATION
1.
Place the steering/ignition lock
assembly into the recessed bush in
the steering column.
2. Engage new shear head bolts
and tighten them evenly until the
heads shear off.
3. Assemble the shroud to the
column and install shift tube.
4. Assemble the column to the
vehicle.
LOCK BARREL REPLACEMENT
REMOVAL
1. Remove the lock shroud lower
attaching screw from beneath the
shroud.
2. Turn the ignition key to the
off or on position.
3. Push a .060" dia pin into the
lock through the shroud lower moun-
ting hole to raise the barrel locking
pin and remove the barrel.
INSTALLATION
1. Assemble the barrel into the
lock and raise the barrel locking pin
by turning the key to the start
position.
2. Assemble the shroud lower
attaching
screw.
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