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Help!! Steering Rack

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by onedivinetaco, Jul 18, 2015.

  1. Jul 18, 2015 at 9:39 AM
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    onedivinetaco

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    How do you get the steering rack out. I have everything removed from it. I just can't seem to maneuver it out. Passenger side? Please help ASAP.
     
  2. Jul 18, 2015 at 9:42 AM
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    I took the tie rods off to get it out, but have known of others who kept em on.
     
  3. Jul 18, 2015 at 9:47 AM
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    Then moved frontwards?
     
  4. Jul 18, 2015 at 9:49 AM
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    What about sway bar? Cross member? Or?
     
  5. Jul 18, 2015 at 9:54 AM
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    Pretty common to pull the pulley off that gets in your way of maneuvering it too
     
  6. Jul 18, 2015 at 3:55 PM
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    Well, I got it out. Took forever! I'm embarrassed to mention just how long. I will say once I figured out a way to get it out, it only took a minute or two to put the new one in. My advice to people whom will be doing this in the future: remove the sway bar, at least one support brace (of the two forward ones), and the diff brace bolts (not the brace itself.) Lastly, it's easier to remove the tie rods, as it provides more clearance. I didn't, though. Once that's done, and you've loosened a couple hose brackets, you could bring the rack towards the passenger side, enough to clear the frame for the tie rod on the driver's side. Then bring the rack out towards the front of the truck, towards the drivers side. Voila. I wanted to spike the shit out of that rack once I had it in my hand.
     

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