Jeep 1996 Grand Cherokee Service Manual - page 1120
REMOVAL
(1) Clean exposed end of pitman shaft and housing
with a wire brush.
(2) Remove preload adjuster nut.
(3) Rotate stub shaft with socket to center gear.
(4) Remove side cover bolts and remove side cover,
gasket and pitman shaft as an assembly.
(5) Remove pitman shaft from the side cover (Fig.
5).
INSTALLATION
(1) Install pitman shaft to side cover by screwing
shaft in until it fully seats to side cover.
(2) Install preload adjuster nut. Do not tighten
nut until after pitman shaft adjustment has
been made.
(3) Install gasket to side cover and bend tabs
around edges of side cover.
(4) Install pitman shaft assembly and side cover to
housing.
(5) Install side cover bolts and tighten to 60 N·m
(44 ft. lbs.).
(6) Adjust pitman shaft, refer to Over-Center
Adjustment.
HOUSING END PLUG
Steering gear must be removed from the vehicle for
this procedure.
REMOVAL
(1) Rotate retaining ring until one end is under
the hole in the housing. Unseat and force ring from
groove (Fig. 6).
(2) Rotate stub shaft slowly COUNTER-CLOCK-
WISE to remove end plug out from housing.
CAUTION: Do not turn stub shaft any further than
necessary. The recirculating balls will drop out of
the rack piston circuit and fall inside the rack pis-
ton chamber.
(3) Remove O-ring seal (Fig. 7).
Fig. 3 Pitman Arm Removal
Fig. 4 Steering Gear Mounting
Fig. 5 Side Cover and Pitman Shaft
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STEERING
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DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY (Continued)