Rack & Pinion Assembly: Disassembly
- Remove rack and pinion steering assembly from vehicle. Remove valve and pinion assembly from rack and pinion steering assembly. Remove rack bearing assembly from rack and pinion steering assembly. Mark threads on inner tie rod to aid in repositioning adjusting nut.
- Loosen adjusting nut and remove outer tie rod nut and adjusting nut. Remove dust boot retaining clamps. Remove dust boot. Push back plastic retainer that protects connection between inner tie rod and power steering gear rack. Counterhold pinion-side inner tie rod and remove cylinder-side inner tie rod. See Fig 1 and Fig 2 .
- Place a rag over rack, counterhold rack assembly on teeth with a wrench. Remove pinion-side inner tie rod. Remove bulkhead inner cylinder retaining ring bulkhead inner cylinder and rack.
CAUTION:
The retaining ring can be released by inserting a small screwdriver through hole in side of housing.