Fitting rack adjuster
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Defender 90 Workshop Manual (NAS)
- Section
- Overhaul › Fitting rack adjuster
SteeringFitting rack adjuster
Fitting rack adjuster
- If necessary back off sector shaft adjuster screw. Tap cover in place to allow cover to joint fully with casing.
NOTE: Before tightening fixings, rotate input shaft to ensure sector shaft roller is free to move in valve worm. If initial resistance is left, turn adjuster screw approximately two turns in a clockwise direction.
- Fit cover bolts. Tighten to75 Nm, 55 lbf ft
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Fitting cylinder cover
- Fit rack adjuster and thrust pad to engage rack. Back off half turn on adjuster.
- Loosely fit new nylon pad and adjuster set screw assembly.
Fitting sector shaft cover
- Fit new square section seal to cover.
- Remove slave bolt fitted at instruction 68. Press cover into cylinder just to clear retainer ring groove.
- Fit retaining ring to groove with one end of ring positioned 12 mm, 0.472 in from extractor hole.
- Fit new sealing ring to cover.
- Align cover with casing.
- Screw cover assembly fully on to sector shaft adjuster screw.
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