2004 Tacoma steering rack bolt removal

I cannot remove a bolt on the steering rack. Ive watched many videos on removing the lower control arms and they all say to remove this certain bolt. The bolt is impeded. Does anyone know a way to either remove the bolt or make it possible to access the lower control arm bolt as this is my main goal?

I am trying to replace the control arm bushings and need the steering rack out of the way in order to access the control arms rear bolt. The passenger side was easy but the driver side is not so much.

 

Do you have a diff drop?

 

No sir. Not that I know of. The previous owner didnt have a reason to lower the diff as far as I know. My father recommended using a die grinder on the diff and remove some of the metal webbing.

 

Unbolt sway bar and pull rack off. The bolt doesn’t need to come all the way out.

 

Remove the rear bolt from the diff mount at the crossmember. Jack the diff up until the bolt clears.

 

Like Bishop says . . . . leave that bolt in and get the rack loose, with the sway bar out of the way keep moving it rearward until the rack is clear. Replace the sway bar bushings as you're doing the rack or you'll want to remove the sway bar again to do it later. Don't ask how I know. :-D

If you're just doing bushings, same thing, you'll need to move the rack rearward enough to the that bushing in place.

 

Check if there is a spacer above the front two diff mounts. This bolt does not look like OEM.

 

Agreed that there has to be a diff drop.

Remove spacers and bolt will come right out.