SOCKET A 5P3038 - Caterpillar

1. Remove the cotter pins from the pins at each end of the tie rod. Loosen nuts (5) and (7) until they are even with the bottom of the pins.2. Hit the nuts with a hammer to break the pins loose from their tapers.3. Remove steering tie rod (6) and washers (3) and (4) from the wheel spindle housing. The following steps are for the installation of the steering tie rod.4. Put steering tie rod (6) and washers (3) and (4) in position on the wheel spindle housing. Install nuts (5) and (7) on the pins. Tighten the nuts to a torque of 200 N m (150 lb.ft.). Always tighten the nut to put the cotter groove (slot) in the nut in alignment with the hole in the pin. Install the cotter pins.5. The following procedure must be used to make a toe-in adjustment to the front wheels:a. Lift front wheels off ground. Install lockpin in tie bar of wheel lean.b. Rotate the wheel to put a mark around the center of the tread on each tire.c. Measure the distance from the mark on one tire to the mark on the other tire at both the front and at the rear of the tires. Toe-in is correct when measurement at the front tires is 3.0 to 6.3 mm (.12 to .25 in.) less than the measurement at the rear of the tires.d. Make the toe-in adjustment if needed. Loosen nut (5) and the nut in the clamp in the other side of tie rod (7). Rotate tie rod (7) in the direction needed to get the correct toe-in for the front wheels. When the toe-in adjustment is correct, tighten the bolts in the clamps on tie rod (7).