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STEERING COLUMN - LOWER
- Remove and refit
57.40.05
STEERING
Removing
1.
Remove the pinchbolt and nut securing the lower end
of the intermediate shaft to the universal joint.
2.
Remove the pinchbolt securing the flexible coupling
yoke to the lower steering column.
3.
Slacken the locknut and grubscrew on the safety
clamp. Remove the two bolts and spring washers
from the safety clamp and withdraw the safety
clamp.
4.
Detach the intermediate shaft from the universal joint
and withdraw the intermediate shaft complete with
the flexible coupling.
5.
Remove the tubular distance piece and bullet from
the lower steering column.
6.
Withdraw the lower steering column.
Refitting
7.
Enter the lower steering column in the upper steering
column and align the machined flat on the lower
column with the cutaway section of the upper
column.
S.
Place the safety clamp and securing bolts and spring
washers in position but do not tighten the bolts.
Ensure that the plastic washer is fitted between the
upper face of the safety clamp and the bottom of the
steering column housing.
9.
Slide the bullet, tapered face trailing, and the tubular
distance piece over the lower column.
10.
Align the flat on the lower end of the intermediate
shaft with the pinchbolt location in the universal
joint and enter the intermediate shaft in the universal
joint. Fit the pinchbolt and nut but do not tighten at
this stage.
11.
With the road. wheels and the steering wheel in
'straight ahead' position, enter the yoke of the
flexible coupling in the lower column and fit the
pichbolt washer and nut but do not tighten at this
stage.
12.
With light pressure on the steering wheel to prevent
lift of the upper column slide the intermediate shaft
upward to eliminate axial movement of the tubular
distance piece and bullet.
13.
Tighten both pinchbolt and the two bolts securing
the safety clamp - torque 6 to 9 lbf ft (O·S to 1·2 kgf
m).
Tighten the grubscrew -torque IS to 20 lbf ft (2·5 to
2·S kgf m). Tighten the locknut.
Triumph TR6 Manual. Part No. 545271 Issue I
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