I had a reman rack put in today due to excessive wear after 110k miles on the car. Before the rack was easy to steer left and right. Now it is a little more stiff from left to right. I put in Mobil 1 synthetic ATF fluid and bled the lines all the way left to right 3-5 times. Still on the original pump! Can that be the culprit or can it be something else. Any suggestions would be wonderful thanks again folks!!

 

What brand of reman rack? Did the car get a wheel alignment?

 

the original unit Koyo steering rack and Yes I got an alignment at lexus.

 

I have replaced my steering rack myself with a re manufactured unit. For the first few weeks the steering was alot stiffer than usual. After a few weeks one handing smooth steering again

During this time I was also a little paranoid that the replacement rack might be bad but give it some time.

 

did you have to remove the engine or jack it up at least to get to the rack? just curious cause i need to do all my PS lines real soon..

 

No I did not have to do any of that. If you take of the air cleaner box most of the lines going nto the rack and accesible from the top

 

DGIKULJOT thanks for the input.. & what I did is unbolted the sub frame and used a transmission stand with a block of wood on top of it to lower it down..allowing myself to have more access to the area & to better assist my reach to work easier