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tips on replacing rack and pinion assembly?

 

My 97 EVC with 230K recently developed a serious leak from the rack and pinion assembly. Anyone have tips on removal/replacement? Bentley's suggests that both the sway bar and exhaust need to be removed to get at it on a 97, but doesn't mention the exhaust removal on a 95 (5 cylinder). A casual look at it appears to show that there is a surprising amount of clearance down there and that you should be able to remove/replace it without taking out the exhaust - which would be nice since those 6 bolts up at the manifold are a bear to get off.? Any thoughts?
Ken
 

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Sorry to be late with the response?

I did this a couple of years ago on a vr6. ?Get an inner tie rod remover. ?Remove the inner tie rod from the new rack

Mark carefully how the rack attaches to the steering wheel splines. ?It took me 3 days to get it re-attached

I had to drop the exhaust manifold. ?Don’t do that?

Stephen


On Aug 26, 2022, at 2:30 PM, Ken <ken.friesen@...> wrote:

?My 97 EVC with 230K recently developed a serious leak from the rack and pinion assembly. Anyone have tips on removal/replacement? Bentley's suggests that both the sway bar and exhaust need to be removed to get at it on a 97, but doesn't mention the exhaust removal on a 95 (5 cylinder). A casual look at it appears to show that there is a surprising amount of clearance down there and that you should be able to remove/replace it without taking out the exhaust - which would be nice since those 6 bolts up at the manifold are a bear to get off.? Any thoughts?
Ken

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