Center Link: Service and Repair

Sector Shaft Arm Drag Link


Removal

1. Park vehicle on level ground and chock rear wheels.
2. Set road wheels in straight ahead position.
3. Raise vehicle and position axle stands or use a ramp.
4. Remove front road wheel.
5. Remove steering damper bolt at sector shaft arm drag link bracket.
6. Remove split pin and castellated nut securing sector shaft arm drag link ball joint to swivel housing arm.
7. Disconnect sector shaft arm drag link ball joints using LRT-57-018.
8. Remove sector shaft arm drag link.
9. Slacken clamp bolts.
10. Unscrew ball joints and remove from sector shaft arm drag link.





Installation

1. Clean internal threads of sector shaft arm drag link.
2. Fit new ends to sector shaft arm drag link and loosely fit clamp bolts.
3. Set ball joints to sector shaft arm drag link measurement to 28.5 mm.
4. Adjust ball pin centers to nominal length of 924 mm, this length is adjustable during refit.






5. Centralize steering box.
6. Align steering wheel, if necessary.
7. Fit sector shaft arm drag link to swivel housing arms and tighten nuts to 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.). Fit new split pins.
8. Ensure full steering travel is obtained between lock stops.
9. Tap ball joints in direction shown so both pins are in same angular plane.
10. Tighten clamp bolts to 14 Nm (10 ft. lbs.).
11. Install road wheel and remove axle stands or vehicle from ramp.
12. Road test vehicle.
13. If driving straight ahead and steering wheel is offset by 5° or less in either direction from center, correct by adjusting sector shaft arm drag link length.

WARNING: To correct steering wheel deviations greater than +/-5 degrees remove and reposition steering wheel