Tighten everything to the torque specs from Toyota and enjoy your much tighter steering.
Next, add the collar joint with the bushing and finally get the last 19mm bolt started from the top down.
Start the nut on the end and begin tightening the large bolt first (just to 50% tightness) until it sucks the bushing in place and the rack starts seating correctly.
First, get the large long bolt pushed through and add the large washer between the rack and pinion and the frame (the washer is part of your new Energy Suspension Bushing Kit).
Make sure the bushing stays seated and if it starts to back out, keep it pressed against something that doesn’t allow the bushing to push out (use the frame of the truck). It doesn’t need to be perfectly straight at first, just get some blows to get it started (it will straighten out as it goes in). Use an extension and a socket to get it started if the angle is weird with the sway bar still installed.
Do not worry about the sleeve pushing a bit out, get the sleeve started and drive it in with your dead blow hammer until it seats relatively flush.
I used the dead blow hammer once again to get the metal sleeve through the new bushings (the rubber parts are easy to get started in the bores– the hard part is getting the metal sleeve to push in).
Literally, you can’t use too much grease here as long as it is 100% synthetic or silicone. Grease the insides of the sleeves and outsides.
Grease the crap out of the bores left in the rack and pinion with synthetic grease (doesn’t react with rubber).
Work all the bushings out using same steps (cut with a utility blade, use a torch, and a dead blow hammer them out!).
Heat and a dead blow hammer are your best friend.
You should see the smoke! Use a respirator, safety goggles, and have a fire extinguisher handy.
Once they are good and soft (lots of heat) use a dead blow hammer and an assortment of extensions/sockets to bang them out of the bores.
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Take a propane torch and here is the pro tip: heat the old bushings up and make them soft!.
Use a razor blade to cut off the outer lip of the old rubber bushings in the rack and pinion.
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Now the rack should be free and you can muscle it out towards you.
You will need a 22mm socket and something to hold the nut (which goes on the end facing the front of the truck).
Remove the large 22mm pass through bolt (the long one that goes through the biggest bushing).
Do not try to remove this one from the bottom– the nut is captive (welded) on to the frame.
Next, remove the top 19mm fastener (from the top) it is a bolt that goes down through a captive nut.
Remove the two 19mm fasteners on the slip over collar bushing.
Take off both front wheels with 1/2″ impact gun (or use a breaker bar on the ground first) 21mm socket.
Jack the vehicle up and support it with jack stands.
Here are the steps I did to replace the rack and pinion bushings on any 1995.5-2004 Toyota Tacoma:
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Here are the steps I did to replace the rack and pinion bushings on any 1995.5-2004 Toyota Tacoma:.
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