Idler arm assembly adjustment
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMiroslaw Zaloga, George E. Doerr, Christopher J. Mielke, William R. Venner, III, Marco E. Rodriguez
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AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMiroslaw Zaloga, George E. Doerr, Christopher J. Mielke, William R. Venner, III, Marco E. Rodriguez
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An idler arm assembly employed in a steering assembly of a vehicle having a body. The idler arm assembly comprises: an idler housing mounted to the body and including a bore; a pivot shaft mounted in the bore and being rotatable and telescopically slidable in the bore, with the pivot shaft having a cavity at a first end; an idler arm having a first end supported by the second end of the pivot shaft and a second end that supports the steering assembly; a ball stud having a ball end secured in the cavity and supporting the pivot shaft in the telescopically slidable direction, and a shank having threads; and a threaded cap secured to the idler housing and engaged with the threads on the shank, whereby rotation of the threads relative to the threaded cap will telescopically slide the pivot shaft relative to the idler housing.
An idler arm assembly employed in a steering assembly of a vehicle having a body, the idler arm assembly comprising:
A method of adjusting the height of an idler arm assembly, in a steering assembly of a vehicle, relative to a vehicle body, the method comprising the steps of:
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