JRKman

Make sure the throttle shaft isn't too tight.

The site:ratsun.net search is what I use. I did not know what the part was called so I did not come across that thread. I'm not trying to come across with an attitude. Sorry if that was the impression. I just felt as though some of the responses were unnecessary. Lets just leave it at that and move on. I feel you with the whole being busy with life and being tired thing. Working nights right now 530pm-530am. The stock one is completely toast. Wires cut, electronics plug missing, etc etc. I'm acquiring a carb and adaptor plate Saturday.

Ok guys sorry about the delay. Here is the process for changing the sector shaft seal (power steering gear seal/seals). Disassembly 1. Remove pitman arm nut with a large breaker bar. 2. Use a proper pitman arm puller on the pitman arm. If you use a three finger puller like I did you will probably break it and send small shards of metal flying at your face. Wear safety glasses. If you're lucky like me, the brake fluid might have lubed up the pitman arm enough for it to come off relatively easy. Move pitman arm out of the way. 3. Clean all the gunk out of where the seals slide around the shaft. There will probably be a lot. Now you can choose to either do this with the gear mounted to the vehicle and screw up your back and have shit fall all over you, or you can do it the easier way and take it off. If you want to take it off keep reading, otherwise skip to step 8. 4. Remove the 2 hard lines going to the power steering gear from inside the engine bay. They are on the top of the steering gear. 5. Remove the one bolt that pinches the steering wheels input to the spline input at the power steering gear. The bolt needs to be completely removed. 6. Remove the three bolts that hold the steering gear on. They are accessed behind the drivers side fender liner. There are also nuts on the engine side of the fender that will spin if you don't use multiple wrenches. 7. Pull out the steering gear. Fluid will pour out the holes where the hard lines were attached if tilted. --------------- 8. The seals are located around the shaft where the pitman arm was removed. The first seal you will encounter is going to be a metal sil with a very thing rubber lip that touches the shaft. you must make a hole in this in order to pry it out. Some ways you can do this could be: Self tapping screw, small drill bit but don't go too far..., etc. 9. Once there is a hole you must pry the seal out. I used little hook like tool to do this. I believe it is called a "Seal Puller" go figure.... 10. Once this is out, there will be a snap ring. Remove the snap ring with, you guessed it, "Snap ring pliers." 11. Behind the snap ring there will be a flat washer which can be easily removed. 12. Behind the flat washer is a rubber seal. Easy way to get this out is by using a wood screw and some pliers. Slightly drill the screw into it and pull it out. You can use two if its in there good. One on each side and wobble it out. 13. Clean the area thoroughly. Assembly Assembly is the complete opposite of disassembly. Make sure to grease up all the seals/washers you put back in. Make sure to tap in the seals evenly. The last metal seal, I used the old washer on top and the old rubber seal on top of that to tap it in evenly until its nicely seated. I will include some pictures for reference. New (Left) Old (Right)

Ya not scared to put a little time in to save me some money. I have rebuilt plenty of carbs and webers are by far the easiest. Also that one pictured... Nothing that soaking in carb dip wouldn't make look brand new... Not really sure why you guys are trying to scare me away from reusing rather than buying new. I do agree that new is better, that's not the issue here. Also don't really need any sass from you Charlie. I get pretty annoyed with the "use the search" queens. You do realize that if everyone used the search there would be zero new activity on a forum. Defeats the purpose of a forum. If you can return a search answering my questions, be my guest. I certainly had no luck. I respect Datzenmike's reply which contained his opinion and an answer. Posts that are only for questioning the intelligence of someone have no need and only make you look like a fool. There is really no point to continue this thread since it has been answered. May as well lock it so that someone can find it in search and have their question answered with minimal bs.

The weber kit is not specifically jetted. It is a universal carb intended for multiple applications. I have a weber jet kit. The adaptor is $29. DGEV's don't really have any wear parts that cant be replaced. Even their throttle shaft bushings are swappable for like $3. I do agree that buying new is usually the best case but for this model of carb its not necessary. For example I would never buy a used weber ICT carb due to not being able to change throttle shaft bushing because there are none. Plus I don't want to sink any more money into this thing than I need to. The carb I am looking at was purchased from a kit for the 22r which is a 108hp 2.4L so the difference is minimal. As long as the throttle pull is swappable that's wonderful news.

Thinking about installing a weber dgev onto the z24. Only thing is I don't want to buy the $300 kit. Found a dgev on clist locally for less than $100. The only problem is the part where the throttle cable pulls the throttle shaft is different than what comes with the one in the kit. Can this piece be taken off from the stock hitachi and used on the weber? Here is a pic of what the one I'm thinking about buying has. Thanks, Josh

Finally got it. I had to remove the hole steering gear assembly to have at it easier. So there is a Full metal press in seal followed by a snap ring followed by a washer followed by a rubber seal. I will upload some pics for future reference if anyone feels its necessary.

The washer is MIA

So I have the pitman arm off and I cant get the stupid seal out. the seal is metal so no screws are going through it no matter how hard I try.

So am I gonna have fluid splurge out upon removing the seal? does this fluid come from the power steering reservoir?

Looks like its definitely leaking from that sector seal location..

Thanks for all the quick responses guys, you rock!

Ok sweet deal. I'll check it out in an hour when I get home and report back. Thanks.

Sector shaft seal? Is that the seal right around the joint where the arm bolts to? If that's the case I bet you you're right. How difficult are those to repair? Easy as unbolting that arm and pulling off the seal to replace or is there more involved?