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REPLACEMENT

REPLACEMENT

Lift up the vehicle.

Remove the jack up plate.

Remove the pipe joint in center of gear box, and then install the vinyl hose to pipe and joint. Drain the fluid while turning steering wheel.

Set the ST on top of reservoir tank and fill it about half way with the specified fluid.

ST 32005052 OIL CHARGE


Continue to turn the steering wheel slowly from lock to lock until bubbles stop appearing on oil surface while keeping the fluid at that level.

If turning the steering wheel in low fluid level condition, air will be sucked in pipe. In this case, leave it about half an hour and then do the step 5) again.

Lift up the vehicle, start the engine and let it idle.

Continue to turn the steering wheel slowly from lock to lock again until bubbles stop appearing on oil surface while keeping the fluid at that level.

It is normal that bubbles stop appearing after three times turning of steering wheel from lock to lock.

In case the bubbles do not stop appearing in the tank, leave it about half an hour and then do the step 4) all over again.

Lower the vehicle, and then idle the engine.

Continue to turn the steering wheel from lock to lock until bubbles stop appearing and change of the fluid level is within 3 mm (0.12 in).

In case the following happens, leave it about half an hour and then do step 8) to 11) again.

The fluid level changes over 3 mm (0.12 in).

Bubbles remain on the upper surface of the fluid.

Grinding noise is generated from oil pump.

Check the fluid leakage after turning steering wheel from lock to lock with engine running.