Sunbeam ALPINE I SERIES: APLINE II SERIES, Workshop Manual

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Section J (Steering)
5. Check the alignment of the steering column
clip relative to the upper column bracket. If
there Is malalignment, remove the steering
box from the front side member and refit with
packing washers as required. It is most
important to ensure that there is no tension
In the steering column.
6. Tighten the nuts and bolts securing the steering
column to the dash and bulkhead brackets.
7. Jack up the car and refit the drop arm on to Its
correct splines. Secure with a nut and new
tab washer. Lower the jack.
8. Refit the bonnet, dash reinforcement, crash roll
pad, trafficator switch, overdrive switch,
steering column cowls, handwheel, horn
switch assembly, scuttle bracing tube, brake
fluid reserve tank and pipe, battery terminal
and battery cover. The fitting procedures for
all these items will be the reversal of those
given under "To remove".
9. Test.
To remove from car-(Alpine)
(Right-hand drive cars only).
Operations 1.--6. as for left-hand drive cars.
7. Remove the bolts securing the right-hand side
scuttle bracing tube to the bulkhead and the
forward mounting.
8. Remove the dipstick.
9. Remove the distributor from the engine. (See
under Section B-"Distributor-to remove
and refit").
10. Dfscon ' nect tachometer drive from the engine.
11. Remove the fuel pump from the engine. (See
under Section C).
12. Drain the oil from the filter housing by un­
doing the hexagonal headed drain plug. (See
Section B, Fig. 35). Remove the outer casing
and filter element by undoing the centre bolt.
13. Disconnect the steering column hanger clip
from the hanger on the bulkhead, leaving the
hanger itself in position.
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14. Jack up the front of the car and remove the
nut and tab washer securing the drop arm to
the rocker shaft.
15. Mark the rocker shaft and drop arm with a
punch at two adjacent points to facilitate
correct re-assembly.
16. Loosen off the three bolts securing the steering
unit to the front side member to enable the
drop arm remover to be fitted in place.
17. Remove the drop arm from Its spline using
special tool RG.198.
18. Lower the jack.
19. Disconnect and remove the facla crash roll pad.
This Is secured by nuts and bolts to the under­
side of the facla panel and to the steering
column bracket.
20. Remove the bolts securing the steering column
to the upper column bracket under the facia
panel.
21. Remove the facla reinforcement which Is held
by two spire fixings and two nuts at each end.
22. Remove the three bolts securing the steering
unit to the front side member.
23. Lower the upper end of the steering column
clear of the facla panel.
24. Remove the steering column grommet from
the hole In the bulkhead.
25. Ease the steering unit forward until the
steering box Is positioned Immediately behind
the header tank. Twist the steering unit
through 180 ° so that the rocker shaft is facing
vertically upwards. Tilt the steering box up­
wards and lift out through the bonnet aperture.
To refit
1. Position the steering unit horizontally with the
splined end of the steering column Inserted In
to the hole In the bulkhead, and the rocker
shaft pointing vertically upwards.
2. Push the steering column through the hole in
the bulkhead, turning the complete unit
through 180 degrees as It becomes clear of the
radiator header tank.