Accord SE Coupe L4-2156cc 2.2L SOHC MFI (1997)
44. Install special tool to the gearbox housing, then clamp the tool in a vise with soft jaws as shown.
CAUTION: Do not clamp the cylinder.
45. Grease the inside surface of the cylinder end, then install the cylinder end into the cylinder and tighten it to the specified torque.
46. Remove the tool from the gearbox housing.
47. Stake the point of the cylinder shown below.
NOTE: Stake the cylinder in the position opposite from where the stake was removed during disassembly.
48. Select the 32 mm shim(s).
NOTE: Only reinstall the original 32 mm shim(s) when the steering gearbox is reassembled without replacing the pinion shaft, valve housing, and
gearbox housing with new ones. If the pinion shaft, valve housing, and gearbox housing are replaced, select the new shim(s) as follows.
Shim Selection:
a. Set the four 32 mm shims on the bearing surface of the gearbox housing. Total thickness of the four shims should equal no more than 0.70
mm. Shim set: four 32 mm shims (Thickness: 0.10 mm, 0.15 mm, 0.20 mm, 0.25 mm respectively)
CAUTION: The four 32 mm shims do not have thickness identification marks. Measure the thickness of each shim using a micrometer, and mark
the shim for identification.
