Workshop
Manual
Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
d
Bentley
T
Series
Chapter
#
7.
Remove the lower steering column assembly (see
'Lower steering column assembly-To remove').
8. Support the engine with either a sling or a jack
and wooden pad.
9. Remove the two nuts and washers securing the
engine front mounting.
10. Remove the nuts and bolts securing the steering
box pipes to the engine front cross-member.
11. Remove the split pin and nut from the pendulum
lever joint on the steering cross-beam then, using
extractor
(RH
8100), partially extract the ball pin
from the lever.
12. Remove the nut securing the pendulum lever to
the rocking shaft; remove pendulum lever using ex-
tractor (RH 8023).
FIG. N23 REMOVING END PLUG RETAINING RING
FIG.
N24
INSTALLING RACK-PISTON ARBOR TOOL
IN END OF WORM
FIG. N25 REMOVING ADJUSTER PLUG ASSEMBLY
N32
13. Remove the four bolts, nuts and washers se-
curing the engine cross-member to the steering box
and the steering
idlerldamper housing; remove the
cross-member.
14. Remove the three setscrews and washers securing
the steering box to the front suspension sub-frame.
Remove the steering box.
Steering box-Removal of major
components
1. Position the steering box assembly in a vice with
the end plug facing upwards.
2.
Rotate the end plug retaining ring so that
one
end of the ring
is
over the hole in the housing. Spring
one end of the ring with a punch to allow a screw-
driver to be inserted and lift the ring out
(see
Fig.
N23).
3. Rotate the stub shaft anti-clockwise (left-hand
drive cars) and clockwise (right-hand drive cars), until
the rack-piston just forces the end plug out of the
housing.
Note
Do not rotate the flange any further than
necessary otherwise the balls will fall out
of their circuit and the rocker shaft teeth
and rack-piston will become disengaged.
Remove the end plug and discard the
'0'
ring.
5. Remove the rack-piston end plug using a
4
in.
(1,27
cm.)
square drive.
Note
To
facilitate removal, tap the rack-piston
end plug with a mallet to unseat the
threads. This
is
important as the end plug
is torque tightened to 50 lb. ft.
(6,9 kg.m.)
during initial assembly and could break
during removal if not handled carefully.
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