TM 9-2320-272-24-9
4-119. STEERING GEAR (ROSS) REPAIR (Contd)
23.
Bend two locktabs (6) down and remove two screw (6), locktabs (5), and ball bearing return guide
retaining clip (4) turn rack piston (2). Discard locktabs (6).
24.
Remove two ball bearing return guides (3) from rack piston (2).
Turn rack piston (2) over so ball bearings (7) can roll out as wormshaft (1) is turned in each
25.
direction. Remove twenty-seven ball bearings (7).
26.
Remove wormshaft (1) from rack piston (2).
27.
Place rack piston (2) in a soft-jawed vise.
28.
Remove poppet seat snapring (8) from each end of bore (13) in rack piston (2).
29.
Push poppets (10) inward until poppet seats (9) can be removed from rack piston (2). Poppet
spring (12) and spring rod (11) may partially come out of piston (2) when first poppet seat (9) is
removed.
30.
Remove two poppets (10), spring (12), and spring rod (11) from poppet bore (13).
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