Removal and Installation

STEERING COLUMN





Removal and Installation

CAUTION:
^ Care must be taken not to give axial impact to steering column assembly during removal and installation.
^ Care must be taken not to move steering gear during removal of steering column assembly.

REMOVAL
1. Set vehicle to the straight ahead-direction.
2. Remove driver air bag module from steering wheel. Refer to "DRIVER AIR BAG MODULE".
3. Disconnect steering switch connector, remove steering wheel lock nut, then remove steering wheel.
4. Remove dash side finisher (LH).
5. Remove instrument driver panel lower.
6. Remove column lower cover and combination meter (which is connected with steering column upper cover) from steering column assembly.





7. Remove combination switch & spiral cable from steering column assembly.
8. Disconnect the following connector from steering column assembly.
^ Steering lock harness connector
^ Ignition switch harness connector
^ Key switch harness connector

9. Remove control unit with VDC/TCS/ABS control unit.
10. Disconnect brake switch harness connector.
11. Remove steering column shaft from lower shaft in the following procedure.





a. Remove lock nut from yoke.





b. Turn steering wheel to the right to appear the head of bolt.
c. Remove the fixed part of collar for bolt to the outside of its head, remove bolt.





d. Remove the set lib of steering column assembly side from yoke, push it equal to the thick part of yoke.

NOTE:
^ Because collar is set in lower shaft, if the set lib is pushed (action), joint center will be lifted in the opposite direction (reaction), and then the set lib will be in squeezed to the thick part of yoke.





e. Yoke will be removed from collar, when steering column assembly is lifted about 45° oblique upward.





f. Collar remains on lower shaft.





12. Remove bolts and nut from steering member, remove steering column assembly from steering member.
13. Remove collar from lower shaft.
14. Remove hole cover seal from lower shaft.
15. Remove mounting bolts, then remove hole cover from panel.





16. Raise vehicle, then loosen bolt for lower yoke of lower joint and remove joint together with lower shaft.

INSPECTION AFTER REMOVAL
^ Check if there is something wrong with jacket tube of steering column assembly and collar etc. And then if they are damaged, replace with new one.





^ If vehicle has a collision light shocked, check column length "L" as shown in the figure. Then if it is out of the specified value, replace with new one.
Specified value
Steering column length "L": 568 mm (22.36 inch)
^ Check the turning torque of steering column with preload gauge (SST). If it is out of the specified value, repair it or replace with new one.
Specified value
Turning torque: 0 - 0.2 Nm (0 - 0.021 kg-m, 0 - 1 inch lbs.)

INSTALLATION





1. Install collar to lower shaft.





2. Install yoke of column shaft to collar, tack bolt and nut.





3. Put steering column assembly (installation hole "P") on bolt for steering member side and install nut "A" then tighten it together with the other bolts at the specified torque.
4. Connect yoke and collar with bolt, tighten nut at the specified torque.

INSPECTION AFTER INSTALLATION





^ After installing steering column to vehicle, check tilt device and its operation range. Ranges of operation are shown in the figure.
^ Check if steering operation can turn to the end of the left and right smoothly.