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CLEANING AND INSPECTION
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1. Clean and inspect all parts IAW General Maintenance Instructions (WP 0019).
2. Flush cylinder with lubricant to protect cylinder walls from oxidation.
3. Check inside cylinder surface for scratches and pitted areas. Replace if necessary.
4. Inspect rod assembly and bushings for scores, grooves, or surface damage. Replace if necessary.
END OF TASK
ASSEMBLY
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CAUTION
Coat piston, seals, rings, and gland with lubricant to prevent damage to piston packing
rings. Failure to follow this caution may result in failure of steering cylinder.
1. Install two bushings (Figure 2, Item 10), lubrication fittings (Figure 2, Item 2), and set screws (Figure 2, Item 1)
on steering rod assembly (Figure 2, Item 11) and steering cylinder (Figure 2, Item 3).
2. Install retaining cap (Figure 2, Item 12) on steering rod assembly (Figure 2, Item 11).
3. Install new seals (Figure 2, Items 15 and 14) and new O-ring (Figure 2, Item 13) on steering rod assembly
(Figure 2, Item 11).
4. Install gland (Figure 2, Item 7), new seal (Figure 2, Item 8), and new backup ring (Figure 2, Item 9) on steering
rod assembly (Figure 2, Item 4).
5. Install two new piston rings (Figure 2, Item 16) and new set seals (Figure 2, Item 6) on piston (Figure 2, Item 5).
6. Install piston (Figure 2, Item 5) on steering rod assembly (Figure 2, Item 11).
7. Install nut (Figure 2, Item 4) on threaded end of steering rod assembly (Figure 2, Item 11).
CAUTION
Insert steering rod into cylinder one ring at a time. The point of the "V" of each ring must
point toward threaded opening of retaining cap. Failure to follow this caution may result in
damage to equipment.
8. Install steering rod assembly (Figure 2, Item 11) on steering cylinder (Figure 2, Item 3).
9. Install retaining cap (Figure 2, Item 12), with spanner wrench, on steering cylinder (Figure 2, Item 3).
10. Install steering cylinder (WP 0071).
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