G'day All,
I'm busy playing with my steering box at the moment and I've reached a bit of a problem.
The steering box is in bits and I'm looking through the FSM (chapter 46-220) particularly the bit about the working piston and the steering nut.
The steering nut is the bit that sticks out the side of this tubular bit (the working piston) that houses the 24 (count 'em!) recirculating balls.
Now - here's the problem - the FSM (page 29) states that the steering nut should move with a friction torque of 6 to 10 Ncm (that's Newton CENTIMETERS not meters)...
...mine just flops about flaccidly...
Has anyone ever taken a box to bits this far before and found a stiff one?
Oh yeah - to adjust it you need to tighten the lock nut and cover to 200 to 240Nm - eeek - that could make your eyes water!