Removal Procedure
CAUTION:
Ensure that the vehicle is properly supported and squarely positioned. To help avoid personal injury when a vehicle is on a hoist, provide additional support for the vehicle on the opposite end from which the components are being removed.
- Raise vehicle on hoist.
- Loosen intermediate steering shaft cover from steering gear and move up enough to access intermediate steering shaft/pinion pinch bolt.
- Remove pinch bolt.
- Lower vehicle on hoist.
- Remove clamp bolt at lower steering column/intermediate steering shaft joint.
- Remove intermediate steering shaft from inside vehicle.