Delorean DMC - Page 223

Steering
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STEERING COLUMN UNIVERSAL JOINT
REMOVAL - Fig. 7
1. Raise luggage compartment cover.
2. Remove luggage compartment carpeting.
Remove brake master cylinder reservoir access
,, cover from luggage compartment floor.
3. Remove pinch bolts securing universal joint to
steering column intermediate shaft and
steering rack pinion shaft.
4. Slide universal joint up intermediate shaft
sufficient* to disengage"ljniversal joint from
pinion shaft. Slide universal joint off
intermediate shaft and remove from car. '
INSTALLATION
1. Slide replacement universal joint onto inter-
mediate shaft sufficiem^to allow joint to be
engaged to pinion shaft.
2. With front wheels in straight ahead position
and the steering wheel centred, slide the
universal joint onto steering rack pinion shaft
and secure both universal' joint pinch bolts.
Torque to specification.
3. Position and secure access cover*and luggage
compartment carpeting.
4. Close luggage compartment hood.
COLUMN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT
Removal
1. Raise luggage compartment hoods-
~,-2. Remove luggage compartment -ca/petincj^
Remove brake master cylinder reservoir access
cover from luggage compartment floor and
remove fuel filter neck access cover.
3. Remove pinch- -bolts securing upper univgrsal
joint to steering column assembly.
-4. Loosen pinch bolt securing intermediate shaft
in universal joint and remove intermediate
shaft.
installation
1. Slide intermediate shaft into lower universal
joint and loosely tighten pinch bolt.
2. With front wheels in straight ahead position
and the steering wheel centered,, slide the
upper universal joint with the lower steering
column attached onto the .upper steering
column. Torque pinch bolts to specification.
3. Position and secure access covers in luggage
compartment and close luggage compartment
cover.