Installation Procedure
- Install the lower intermediate shaft to the vehicle.
- Connect the lower intermediate shaft to the power steering gear.
- Install the lower intermediate shaft to the power steering gear input shaft pinch bolt.
Tighten: Tighten the lower intermediate shaft the power steering gear input shaft pinch bolt to 45 N.m (33 lb ft).
- Connect the lower intermediate shaft to the upper intermediate shaft.
- Install the lower intermediate shaft to the upper intermediate shaft pinch bolt and plastic insert.
Tighten: Tighten the lower intermediate shaft to the upper intermediate shaft pinch bolt to 23 N.m (17 lb ft).
- Lower the vehicle.
- Unlock the steering column by removing theJ 42640 from the steering column lower trim cover access hole.
NOTE:
Refer to Fastener Notice
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IMPORTANT:
Align the plastic insert flat to the flat on the lower intermediate shaft when reinstalling the upper intermediate shaft pinch bolt.