Removal & Installation

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Remove splash guard if necessary.REINFORCEMENT CROSS BRACE
Remove both clamping screws from flexible disk. Press flexible disk off steering gear and detach from lower section of steering spindle. See Fig 1.
To install, reverse removal procedure. Replace clamping screws. Tighten to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS .

Fig 1: Locating Steering Spindle Lower Section Components

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