Specifications

CHASSIS
1
Steering gear
2
Pitman arm
3
Side
rod
4
Cross
rod
5 Idler
arm
6 Knuckle ann
Fig
ST 24
Steering
linkage
REMOVAL
I Jack
up
front of
the vehicle and
support
with
stands
2
Remove
cotter
pins
and castellated nuts which are
used to fasten side rod
ball studs to knuckle arms
3 Free
the ball studs from knuckle
arms
by
backing up
boss
with a
large
hammer and
striking
the
opposite
side
with a
hammer
4
Remove the baIl studs of
cross rod from the
gear
arm
and idler
assembly
under the
same
procedure
as
described
in
step
3 The
cross
rod and
side
rods can be
removed as
an
assembly
5
Remove the idler
assembly
from the side
member
by
taking
off two
fIXing
bolts
DISASSEMBLY
1
Disconnect both side rods from the
cross
rod
under
the same
procedure
as described
in
Removal
2
Loosen
clamp
bolts
unscrew
the
socket
assembly
and
remove the socket from the side rods
3
Remove
the idler arm nut and disassemble
the idler
assembly
Q
Seal
lip wembly
TI
Bush
Fig
ST 25 Sectional rMw
of
idkr arm
ST 14