Nissan 200SX S13 silhouetteS13

POWER STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE — Assembly (Cont'd) — Pinion install through rear cover

ST-22prose procedure

Rear cover cap protrusion direction differs between L.H.D. and R.H.D. — install per figure.

Continued from ST-21

POWER STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE (Model PR24SC and PR26SC)

Assembly (Cont'd)

Power-steering gear assembly (continued)

  1. 9
    Install pinion seal ring on pinion gear assembly.
    Using a heat gun, heat pinion seal ring to approximately 40°C (104°F) before installing it onto pinion gear assembly.
    Make sure pinion seal ring is properly settled in valve groove.
    Pinion gear assembly in hand with the pinion seal ring being slid into its valve groove.
    SST085B
  2. 10
    Apply a coat of multi-purpose grease to needle bearing roller and oil seal lip before installing pinion assembly in gear housing.
    Cross-section of gear housing showing rack assembly seated on the needle bearing inside the gear housing.
    SST075B
  3. 11
    Install pinion assembly to pinion housing of gear housing.
    Be careful not to damage pinion oil seal.
    Pinion assembly being inserted into pinion housing of gear housing — careful around oil seal.
    SST552
  4. 12
    Apply a coat of multi-purpose grease to rear oil seal lip before installing rear housing.
    Cross-section showing rear oil seal seated in rear housing about to be installed onto gear housing.
    SST121B
  5. 13
    Install rear cover cap so that protrusion of rear housing cover is positioned as shown in figure at left.
    Be careful not to damage worm ring and oil seal.
    Two views (L.H.D. left and R.H.D. right) of the rear cover cap with arrow indicating the protrusion orientation relative to the centre of the rack — 90° to centre.
    SST122B
Pinion seal ring install temperatureHeat-gun pre-warm before fitting (step 9).
≈ 40°C (104 °F)
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