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RemovingtheSteeringControlValve(continued)
4.Cleanthehydraulicconnectionsbeforelooseningthehydrauliclines.
5.Disconnectthehydrauliclinesfromthesteeringcontrolvalve.Allowthe
linestodrainintoasuitablecontainer.
6.Installcleancapsorplugsonthehydrauliclinesandttingstoprevent
systemcontamination.
7.Supportthesteeringcolumntopreventitfromfalling.
8.Loosenandremovethe4carriagescrews(item8inFigure141)and4ange
nutsthatsecurethesteeringcolumnassemblytothemachine.
9.Locateandretrievethe4washers(item12inFigure141)and4mounts.
10.Whilecarefullyguidingthesteeringcontrolvalvefromtheholeintheplatform,
liftthesteeringcolumnassembly(withthesteeringcontrolvalveattached)
andremovetheentireassemblyfromthemachine.
11.Putthesteeringcolumnassemblyonabench.Slidetherubberbellowsup
fromthebottomofthesteeringcolumn.
12.Loosenandremovethe3ange-headscrewsand1socket-headscrew(item
14inFigure141)thatsecurethesteeringcolumntothesteeringcontrol
valve.Notethelocationofthesocket-headscrewforassemblypurposes.
13.Removethesteeringcontrolvalve(item7inFigure141),alignmentbushing,
andsteeringplatefromthesteeringcolumn.
14.Ifnecessary,removethehydraulicttingsfromthesteeringcontrolvalve
(Figure142).
15.RemoveanddiscardtheO-ringsfromthettings.
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