Defender (1993+). Manual — part 72

STEERING

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FEB

1993

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FEB

1993

9

STEERING

Dismantle

5.

Slacken the grub screw locking the rack pad

bring the steering

to

the straight ahead

6.

Remove the rack pad adjuster clockwise and

position and mark the relationship of the drop

withdraw the pad.

arm to the casing. Using special service tool

7.

Remove the sector shaft

lock

nut. The nut,

MS

252A

withdraw the drop arm and remove

which has a seal moulded inside it, also acts

the outer dust seal.

as a fluid seal. The nut should therefore be
discarded and a replacement new nut
obtained for reassembly.

8.

Remove the sector shaft cover bolts.

9. Turn the sector shaft adjuster clockwise with a

6 mm Allen key whilst holding the cover, to
prevent it turning, until the cover is removed.

10.

The sector shaft can now be removed from
the casing.

1.

To

assist assembly, turn the input shaft

to

adjuster.

2.

Rotate the piston cover retaining ring until one

end is about 12 mm

from

the extractor hole in

the side of the cylinder housing.

3. Lever the retaining ring from its locating

groove by inserting a suitable pointed drift
through the extractor hole. Complete the
removal of the ring using a screw driver.

4.

To

remove the cover, turn the input shaft, in

the appropriate direction, until the piston
pushes out the cover. For a left-hand steering

box, position the sector shaft on the left-hand
lock and for a right-hand box on the
right-hand lock.

10

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1993

11.

To

remove the piston, screw a suitable bolt

into the piston crown and use it to pull the
piston from the casing.

STEERING

12.

Remove the worm shaft adjuster lock nut

using special service tool LST

120.

15.

Remove the circlip

from

the sector shaft bore

to enable the seal assembly to be withdrawn.

16.

Similarly, remove the circlip from the input
shaft (worm shaft) bore and remove and
discard the seals.

13.

Using service

tool

LST

119

remove the worm

shaft adjuster.

14.

To

withdraw the shaft and bearings

tap

the

splined end

of

the

shaft and lift-out the

assembly.

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FEB

1993

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