AR46.10-P-0500A Dismantle/Assemble Rigid Jacket Tube

Dismantling And Assembling Rigid Jacket Tube







1 Remove jacket tube
2 Detach bolt (80c), remove lower steering shaft (80a)
- Check lateral runout of lower steering shaft (80a) (visual inspection).
3 Remove retaining ring (70f), disk spring (70e) and thrust ring (70d)
4 Push steering shaft (70g) out slightly, remove locking ring (70c) and thrust ring (70b)
5 Press ball bearing (70a) out of the jacket tube using the steering shaft (70g)
6 Using a suitable tube (072), press the new ball bearing (70a) in up to the stop in the jacket tube
7 Slide steering shaft in (70g) and press second ball bearing in
8 Push thrust ring (70b) and locking ring (70c) together onto the steering shaft

NOTE:
- Ensure that the locking ring locks in position correctly in the groove of the upper steering shaft.
- Two locking rings are fitted on vehicles with contact spirals.

9 Slide on thrust ring (70d) and disk spring (70e)
10 Mount retaining ring (70f) on the steering shaft (70g) and, using a suitable tube (072), push on until the disk spring (70e) is fully preloaded.

CAUTION: The disk spring must be preloaded fully; preload fully using the lower steering shaft, if necessary.

11 Attach lower steering shaft (80a) to upper steering shaft