Power Steering Gear: Removal
- Place front wheels of vehicle in STRAIGHT-AHEAD position.
- Install steering wheel holder locking steering wheel in STRAIGHT-AHEAD position (Fig 1
).
- Remove negative (-) battery cable from battery and isolate cable.
- Remove cap from power steering fluid reservoir.
- Using a siphon pump, remove as much power steering fluid as possible from power steering fluid reservoir.
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- Raise and support vehicle. (Refer to
JACKING & HOISTING
)
- Remove both front tire and wheel assemblies.
- If outer tie rods need to be transferred to new gear, loosen tie rod jam nuts on both sides of vehicle.
- On both sides of vehicle, remove nut attaching outer tie rod to steering knuckle by holding rod end stud stationary while loosening and removing nut with a wrench.
- Remove each outer tie rod end from steering knuckle using Remover, Special Tool C-3894-A (Fig 2
).
- Remove roll pin fastening intermediate shaft extension to power steering gear shaft as follows (Fig 3
):
- Insert Remover, Special Tool 6831A, through roll pin fastening intermediate shaft extension to power steering gear.
- Thread knurled nut all way onto end of Remover.
- While holding Remove head stationary, turn hex nut pulling roll pin from shafts.
- Remove roll pin from tool.
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- Slide intermediate shaft extension off steering gear shaft.
- Remove tube nut fastening return hose to power steering gear (Fig 4
). Remove return hose from gear port.
- Remove tube nut fastening pressure hose to power steering gear (Fig 4
). Remove pressure hose from gear port.
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- Remove two power steering gear mounting bolts.
- Carefully remove power steering gear. Tip gear forward at top (Fig 5
), then slide gear out left wheel opening. Use care not to cut tie rod boots on shields as gear is removed.
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- If necessary, remove outer tie rods from inner tie rod threads. Count how many rotations it takes to remove each outer tie rod for installation reference.