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GROUP 3-
SUSPENSION, STEERING, WHEELS
&
TYRES
El
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
REMOVAL
1. On V8 units remove the brake
master cylinder and booster.
2. Remove the two nuts from the
flexible coupling to steering shaft
flange bolts.
NOTE: On VS units it may be
advantageous to remove the flexible
coupling from the steering gear stub
shaft.
3. Remove the nut and lock
washer that secures the Pitman arm
to the sector shaft
.
{On power steering units remove the
two fluid
hoses from the steering
gear.)
4. Remove the steering gear to
side rail bolts and remove the gear.
INSTALLATION
1.
Position
the steering
gear
and
flexible
coupling
in the vehicle; then,
install and torque the steering gear
to side rail bolts to specification.
2.
Position
the
Pitman
arm on
the sector shaft and install the
attaching
nut and lock
washer.
Tor-
que the nut to specification. Part 3-7.
3.
Install
and connect
the flexible
coupling attaching nuts
and torque
them to
specification.
{On
power
steering units replace the
two
fluid hoses.)
4. On V8 units replace the brake
master cylinder and booster.
S. 'Bleed
the brakes (See page 2•3.)
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MAJOR ·REPAIR OPERATIONS
STEERING GEAR
DISASSEMBLY
1. Rotate the steering shaft to
centre the nut.
2. Mter removing the sector ad-
justing screw locknut and the housing
cover bolts (Fig. 70
),
remove the
sector shaft with the cover.
Remove
the cover from the shaft
by
turning
the screw clockwise. Keep
the shim
with the screw.
3. Loosen the worm bearing
ad-
juster nut, and remove the
adjuster
assembly and the steering shaft upper
bearing (Fig. 71
).
7.
Remove
the
upper bearing
cup
from the
bearing adjuster and
the
lower cup
from the housing.
It
may
be
necessary
to
tap
the
housing
or
the
adjuster on
a
block of wood
to jar
the
bearing cups
loose.
8. If the preliminary inspection
shows
damage,
press the sector
shaft
bearing
and the oil seal from the
housing
Note: The inner sector shaft
bearing
is
flanged on the inner end and
must
be removed by a suitable drift toward
the inside of the housing.
The outer or lower
bearing
and
4.
Carefully pull the
steering
shaft and ball nut from the
housing,
and remove the steering shaft lower
bearing. To avoid
possible
dam-
age to the ball return
guides,
keep the ball nut from
running
down to either end of the
worm.
Disassemble
the ball nut only if
there is indication of
binding or
tightness.
FIG. 70- Sedor Shaft and Housing Disassembled
5.
Remove
the ball return
guide
clamp and the ball return guides
from
the ball nut. Keep the
ball nut
damp-side
up
until ready
to
remove the
balls.
6. Turn the ball nut
over,
and
rotate the worm shaft from
side
to
side until all
54
balls have
dropped
out of the nut into a clean
pan. With
the balls removed, the
ball
nut will
slide off the worm.
FIG. 71- Steering Shaft and Related Parts Disassembled
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