Steering Gear: Disassembly

With rack and pinion assembly mounted in soft-jawed vise, remove tie rod ends, boot clamps and rubber boots. Remove hydraulic feed tubes. While moving the rack slowly, drain fluid from gear housing. Remove end plug, and turn pinion fully clockwise and remove self-locking nut.
Using a chisel, unstake tie rod tab washer. Remove tie rod assemblies. Remove rack support cover locking nut. Using Remover (09565-21100 for all models except Sonata, 09565-31300 for Sonata 4-cylinder or 09577-33100 for Sonata V6), remove rack support cover.
Remove rack support spring, rack support and rack support bushing. Remove 2 pinion valve body housing bolts and pinion valve body (Elantra, Excel and Scoupe). On Sonata, remove pinion dust seal and snap ring and withdraw pinion assembly. On all models, turn rack stopper clockwise to align circlip with slot in gear housing for removal.
When circlip comes out of housing, turn rack stopper counterclockwise to remove circlip. Remove rack stopper, rack bushing and rack from gear housing by moving it toward the pinion side. Remove "O" ring and oil seal from rack bushing.
On Elantra, Excel and Scoupe, use a soft hammer to remove pinion valve from valve body housing. Using Remover (09565-21000 ), remove the oil seal and ball bearing from the valve body housing. On all models, use Bearing Remover (09517-21400 ) to remove ball bearing from gear housing. Use brass drift to remove needle bearing from gear housing. Use pipe to remove back-up washer and oil seal from rear of rack housing.