Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual - page 1278
(5) Install the retainer ring with snap ring pliers.
(6) Coat the dust seal with special grease sup-
plied with the new seal.
(7) Install dust seal with a driver and handle.
(8) Install pitman shaft to side cover by screwing
shaft in until it fully seats to side cover.
(9) Install preload adjuster nut. Do not tighten
nut until after Over-Center Rotation Torque
adjustment has been made.
(10) Install gasket to side cover and bend tabs
around edges of side cover (Fig. 5).
(11) Install pitman shaft assembly and side cover
to housing.
(12) Install side cover bolts and tighten to 60 N·m
(44 ft. lbs.).
(13) Perform over-center rotation torque adjust-
ment.
SPOOL VALVE
DISASSEMBLY
(1) Remove lock nut (Fig. 8).
(2) Remove adjuster nut with Spanner Wrench
C-4381.
(3) Remove thrust support assembly out of the
housing (Fig. 9).
(4) Pull stub shaft and valve assembly from the
housing (Fig. 10).
(5) Remove stub shaft from valve assembly by
lightly tapping shaft on a block of wood to loosen
shaft. Then disengage stub shaft pin from hole in
spool valve and separate the valve assembly from
stub shaft (Fig. 11).
(6) Remove spool valve from valve body by pulling
and rotating the spool valve from the valve body (Fig.
12).
(7) Remove spool valve O-ring and valve body
teflon rings and O-rings underneath the teflon rings
(Fig. 13).
Fig. 6 Pitman Shaft Seals & Bearing
1 – BEARING
2 – WASHER
3 – DUST SEAL
4 – RETAINER
5 – OIL SEAL
Fig. 7 Needle Bearing Removal
1 – REMOVER
2 – SIDE COVER AREA
Fig. 8 Lock Nut and Adjuster Nut
1 – ADJUSTER NUT
2 – STEERING GEAR
3 – LOCK NUT
4 – PUNCH
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STEERING
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DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY (Continued)