Steering Gear and Linkage Installation Note

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Loosely tighten nuts 3, 4 and bolt 2. See Fig 1 .
Tighten the mounting bracket nuts and bolts to the specified torque in the order shown.
Tighten the crossmember nuts.
Tightening Torque

93.1-131.3 N.m

(9.50-13.38 kgf.m, 68.67-96.84 ft.lbf)

Fig 1: Identifying Steering Gear Bolts
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