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Steering Gear: Reassembly

  1. Lubricate components with power steering fluid before reassembly. Install valve body, stub shaft and worm shaft assembly into housing.
  2. Place seal protector over stub shaft. Install adjuster plug until it seats against valve body. Remove seal protector from housing. Loosely install adjuster plug lock nut. Insert rack piston (with arbor to retain recirculating balls) into housing. Align worm shaft and rack piston. Turn stub shaft clockwise to engage worm shaft. Maintain pressure on arbor until worm shaft is fully engaged. Remove arbor.
  3. Install NEW pitman shaft side cover gasket. Thread pitman shaft side cover onto adjuster screw until it bottoms. Back off 1/2 turn. Install pitman shaft so center sector gear tooth meshes with center groove in rack piston. Install side cover bolts.
  4. Install adjuster screw lock nut halfway onto pitman shaft. Install rack piston end plug in rack piston. Install housing end plug seals, ring, end plug and retainer ring. Adjust worm shaft bearing preload and over-center preload. Refer to WORM BEARING PRELOAD  and OVER-CENTER PRELOAD  under ADJUSTMENTS.
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