Steering Gear: Disassembly
- With rack and pinion assembly mounted in soft-jawed vise, remove tie rod ends, boot clamps and rubber boots. Remove hydraulic feed tubes. While moving the rack slowly, drain fluid from gear housing. Remove gear end plug. Turn pinion clockwise and remove adjusting plug lock nut. Using a chisel, remove tie rod tab washer. Remove tie rod assemblies.
- Remove rack support cover locking nut. Using Remover (09565 21100 ), remove rack support cover. Remove rack support spring, rack support and rack support bushing. Remove 2 pinion valve body housing bolts and remove pinion valve body.
- Turn internal rack stopper clockwise to align circlip with slot in gear housing for removal. When circlip comes out of housing, turn rack stopper counterclockwise to remove circlip. Remove rack stopper, rack bushing and rack from gear housing by moving it toward the pinion side.
- Remove "O" ring and oil seal from rack bushing. Use a soft hammer to remove pinion valve from valve body housing. Using Remover (09565 21000 ), remove the oil seal and ball bearing from the valve body housing.
- Use Bearing Remover (09517 21400 ) to remove ball bearing from gear housing. Use brass drift to remove needle bearing from gear housing. Use pipe to remove back-up washer and oil seal from rear of rack housing.