Service manual

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3 / INSTALLATION
STEP 14-Assembling the Long Linkage Rod
Assembly
(Tools required–One 5/8” wrench and one 3/4” wrench.)
1. Select: one long tie rod along with one 1/2-28 check nut (left
hand thread), one 1/2” rod end with 1/2-28 left hand thread,
one 1/2-28 check nut (right hand thread, and one 1/2” rod
end with 1/2-28 right hand thread. (See figure 3-37.)
2. Screw the 1/2-28 check nut (left hand thread) onto the 1/2-28
rod end with 1/2-28 left hand thread.
3. Screw the rod end with nut into the 1/2-28 left hand threaded
end of the long tie rod.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for the right hand rod end and nut.
5. Adjust each rod end so that it is .95” from the end of the tie
rod to the shoulder onto he rod end. (See figure 3-38.)
6. Position the two rod ends to be in line. (See figure 3-39.)
Fig. 3-37
Fig. 3-38
Fig. 3-39
Fig. 3-40