MaintenanceInstructions
TighteningSteeringIntermediateShaftJointBolts
Asagoodmaintenancepractice,itisrecommendedthat
steeringintermediateshaftjointboltsbecheckedfortightness
every120,000miles(193,000km)orannually,whicheveroccurs
rst.
LubricationPoints
Thesteeringshaftislubricatedatthethreepointsshowninthe
illustrationabove.Forthecorrectmaintenanceinterval,referto
SECTION8—MaintenanceIntervalsandSpecications.
PowerSteering
Wheneverthepowersteeringsystemhasbeendrainedand
relledforanyreason,airmustbebledfromthesystembefore
returningthevehicletoservice.Failuretoproperlybleedthe
hydraulicsystemcanresultindegradationofpowersystem
performance.
ConsultyourInternationalTruckdealerwhoisawareofthe
properproceduresforllingandbleedingthesystem.
Thepowersteeringuidlterislocatedinsidethepowersteering
reservoir.T oremovethelter,unscrewthelargecaponthe
powersteeringreservoirandunscrewthelter.Reversethe
proceduretoinstallthenewlter.
Withtime,thelargesquare-cutreservoircapO-ringsealmay
shrinkslightly.Toassistinreinstallationofthecap,theO-ring
mayneedtobestretched.TostretchtheO-ring,pullonitwhile
pinchingitbetweenyourthumbandnger.Itmustbelarge
enoughtostaycompletelyintheshallowgrooveinthetopedge
ofthereservoirpriortocapinstallation.Replacecrackedor
damagedO-rings.
RefertoSECTION8—MaintenanceIntervalsand
Specicationsfortheuidandlterreplacementintervals.
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