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Steering Gear, Component Description

This document describes a steering gear system and its components. It has a ball type steering gear with an integrated pressure limiting valve that limits oil pressure to 16 MPa. The automatically adjustable steering limiter controls pressure through two discharge bolts. Proper adjustment of these bolts sets the discharge pressure to 5 MPa with the front axle raised. The document also notes that a Pitman arm securing nut can have some play due to its tapered shape and low axial load compared to its radial pre-load, but this does not pose a safety risk.

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Steering Gear, Component Description

This document describes a steering gear system and its components. It has a ball type steering gear with an integrated pressure limiting valve that limits oil pressure to 16 MPa. The automatically adjustable steering limiter controls pressure through two discharge bolts. Proper adjustment of these bolts sets the discharge pressure to 5 MPa with the front axle raised. The document also notes that a Pitman arm securing nut can have some play due to its tapered shape and low axial load compared to its radial pre-load, but this does not pose a safety risk.

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Steering gear, component description

Variant symbol Variant description

STG22.4/24.2 Steering gear ratio 22.4/24.2

PSS-SING Power steering system single

FAA10 Front axle arrangement, 1 front axle, 0 Driven

Variant symbol Variant description

STG26.2 Steering gear ratio 26.2

PSS-SING Power steering system single

FAA20 Front axle arrangement, 2 front axles, 0 driven

The steering gear is of the ball type, and contains an integrated pressure limiting valve. The oil pressure
in the servo system is limited to a maximum value of 16 MPa by the pressure limiting valve. A high
pressure combined with variable reduction in the steering gear makes driving easier, even at low speeds.

The automatically adjustable steering limiter is adjusted by means of the two discharge bolts in the
steering gear.

Turning the bolts in an anti-clockwise direction increases the pressure, while turning them in a clockwise
direction decreases the pressure. With the front axle raised and the limiting bolts correctly adjusted, the
discharge pressure is 5 MPa.

Steering gear
1. Ball screw/ingoing shaft
2. Automatic steering limiter (upper)
3. Steering gear
4. Oil outlet
5. Oil inlet
6. Automatic steering limiter (lower)

Play in the Pitman arm securing nut


Due to the design of the Pitman arm hole (tapered shape), a radial pre-load is created between the arm
and the steering shaft when the securing nut is torque tightened during the Pitman arm assembly
process.

Low axial load can occur due to looseness of the securing nut and a small amount of play can be noticed
in the nut.

The looseness occurs because the axial pre-load is low compared to the radial pre-load between the arm
and the steering shaft.

As the radial pre-load on the steering shaft is high, there is no safety risk involved.

The nut is locked by locking plate to ensure that the nut does not fall off the steering gear.

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