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Bearing Housing

  1. Remove lock bolt spring by removing spring retaining screw and moving spring clockwise to remove from bolt. With a small hammer and small drift, lightly tap drive shaft from sector.
  2. Remove drive shaft, sector, and bolt. Remove rack and rack spring. Remove shim, if equipped. Remove tilt release lever pin with punch and hammer. Remove lever and lever release spring.
  3. Remove lock shoe pin with drift and hammer. Remove lock shoes and lock shoe springs. Remove bearings from bearing housing, only if they are to be replaced. Remove separator and balls from bearing.
  4. Place housing on work surface. With a pointed punch against back surface of race, carefully hammer race out of housing. Repeat for other race. DO NOT  reuse bearings.
Fig 1: Support & Shift Tube Mounting
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Fig 2: Exploded View of Saginaw Tilt & Telescope Column
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