Usage:
1. Remove four bolts (1) and steering column positioner (2) from steering column (4).
2. Remove the ring from one end of shaft (3) and remove the shaft from the other side of the steering column.
3. Remove steering column (4) from the cover assembly and steering metering unit.
Install Steering Column
1. Put steering column (2) in position on the cover assembly. Make sure the splines of the steering shaft engage correctly in steering metering unit (1).
2. Install shaft (4) and the rings that hold it in position.
3. Install steering column positioner (3) and the bolts that hold it and hand metering unit (1) in position.
Disassemble Steering Column
start by:
a) remove steering wheel
b) remove steering column
1. Remove nut (1) from tube assembly (3) with tool (A).
2. Remove the seal from nut (1) with tool group (B) as shown.
3. Remove shaft (2) from tube assembly (3). Remove the rings from shaft (2) that hold bearing (4) in position.
4. Use a press and tooling (C) to remove the shaft from bearing (4).
5. Remove tube assembly (3) from cover assembly (5).
6. Remove the bushing from tube assembly (3) with tool group (B).
7. Remove the two bearings from cover assembly (5) with tool group (B).
8. If necessary, disassemble the steering column positioner as follows:
a) Turn knob (8) counterclockwise to remove it from pin assembly (6).
b) Remove pin assembly (6), the spring and washer from housing (7).
Assemble Steering Column
1. Assemble the steering column positioner as follows:
a) If necessary, make a replacement of the pin in pin assembly (1). Make sure the pin is extended evenly from both sides of pin assembly (1).
b) Install washer (2) and spring (3) on pin assembly (1).
c) Install pin assembly (1) in housing (4) and install knob (5) in the end of pin assembly (1) to hold it in the housing.
2. Use tool group (A) and install the bushing in tube assembly (6) until the bushing is even with the bottom of the tube assembly.
3. Use tool group (A) and install the bearings in each side of cover assembly (7) until the bearings are even with the outside surfaces of the cover assembly.
4. Put tube assembly (6) in position in cover assembly (7).
5. Install bearing (8) on shaft (9). Install the rings on each side of bearing (8) to hold it in position on shaft (9).
6. Use tool group (A) to install the lip type seal in nut (10). Make sure the lip of the seal is toward the outside as shown.
7. Fill the bearing on shaft (9) with 5P960 Multipurpose Type Grease and install the shaft in tube assembly (6).
8. Put a layer of 5P960 Multipurpose Grease on the lip of the seal in nut (10) and install the nut on tube assembly (6) and tighten it with tool (B).
end by:
a) install steering column
b) install steering wheel