Outer Limits 4x4 Board

For about 2 years i have repaired my power steering more than 2 time (for more than 15 years there was no problem). Since i have changed the oil shield (daihatsu doesn't have any for it) they where giving me the wrong after market type. So i order a high pressure oil shield to do the job.









Here you can see the oil shield (the black one)





So i pulled out the small shaft to take measures and buy a proper oil shield. My problem now is how to put back again the small shaft.

Here you can see in the power steer small metall balls that are used to screw the shaft properly.







Now i cant fit it in what should i do? My thoughts where to pull out the hole power steer so i can wark properly. First idea is to put some grease on the screw line the shaft has and stick the metal balls on it.

The only picture daihatsu manual has its this one, but it doesn't help much.



Thanks for reading...

From some searching i have found out that i have to open the up side of the power box in order to fit the small balls in again.

That picture helps of how our power steer box works.

Recirculating ball systems are always a pain to reassemble - just plain fiddly.

I'd suggest that its a job for on the bench ( or kitchen table.... ) rather than in the car as it just takes time and care.

Make sure its VERY clean when reassembling and properly purged when reconnected,

P.S. not used to seeing the steering box on the "wrong" side.....

The streering box is dead (born 92 died 2010) The oil inside was black and some metal balls where smashed into dust. Therefore no reason to repair it. I got a second hand steering box from a friend where accidentally he bought a feroza with second hand parts. I will ask how much to repair my broken gearbox (if can be done) so i will have it for backup.

Probably doesn't matter to you too much, but you might find that the internals of a RHD box are identical to the LHD one.

I don't know this, but i can't really see any engineering reason for the insides to be different - just the outer casting.