Fitting rack and piston
- Make
- Land Rover
- Model
- Defender 90 Workshop Manual (NAS)
- Section
- Overhaul › Fitting rack and piston
SteeringFitting rack and piston
Fitting rack and piston
- Screw slave bolt into piston to aid assembly.
- Fit piston and rack so piston is 70 mm, 2.75 in
- Loosely screw adjuster into casing.
Fitting sector shaft
- Fit locknut, do not tighten.
- Turn in worm adjuster until end float is almost
- Fit sector shaft using seal saver
eliminated. Ensure bearing cages are seated correctly.
- Measure maximum rolling torque of valve and worm assembly, using a torque wrench and spline socket LRT-57-025.
- Turn in worm adjuster while rotating shaft to increase figure measured in instruction 65. to 0.56 Nm, 0.41 lbf ft.
- Back off worm adjuster 1/4 turn. Turn in worm adjuster to increase reading at 14 by 0.21 - 0.34 Nm, 0.15 - 0.25 lbf ft with locknut tight, 100 Nm 74 lbf ft Use worm adjusting wrench
. LRT-57-006and locknut wrench LRT-57-028.
from outer end of bore.
LRT-57-021. Align roller with cut out in casing. Push in sector shaft while rotating input shaft to allow sector roller to engage worm.
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