Steering Rack Bushings
I just pried them off with a flat head screw driver. Unbolt the two19m bolts and nuts. Prop up the steering rack out of the way. Then wedge a flat head screw driver, and pry out. The bushings themselves don't make full contact to the bore on the steering rack. That makes them much easier to get them out. The AWD has limited room pretty much just enough to get the bushing out.
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I just pried them off with a flat head screw driver. Unbolt the two19m bolts and nuts. Prop up the steering rack out of the way. Then wedge a flat head screw driver, and pry out. The bushings themselves don't make full contact to the bore on the steering rack. That makes them much easier to get them out. The AWD has limited room pretty much just enough to get the bushing out.
You only remove the 2 19mm bolts for the steering rack. No need to touch the subframe bolts. At least for my AWD I didn't not sure on the RWD.
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Not breaking
The bolt just refuses to break. Put PB Blaster on, 450 ft lb impact wrench and nothing. Please help, I'm tired of this. Getting me really frustrated and I don't wanna take it somewhere to get ****ed by labor prices. Please help!
The bolt has a nut on the backside holding the rack. Disregard the green wording found the pic online.
If you can post up a picture? I'll tell you one thing too. Getting the bushings to budge out will take some patience.
Last edited by MikeFig82; Jul 9, 2019 at 03:18 PM.
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No the bolts not spinning at all, it's not budging at all I tried my breaker bar and my impact and nothing. Should I get a 19mm wrench to hold the bolt on the other side?
That's crazy it won't budge with a breaker bar should be a piece of cake. I did mine on just ramps up front. Is the car to low to give you better leverage to move the breaker bar?
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I used rhino ramps on just the front as well, I could jack it up and maybe get more leverage, I'll try next time. That's enough for today, thanks for everything bro !
Next time try a 6 pt 19mm socket with 1/2 drive ratchet or breaker bar. Use a small diameter pipe to slip over the ratchet. I had to do this removing the rear lower control arm bushings. Those suckers I had to lay down, and use some leg muscle to break them loose from the subframe.
So has anyone done it to a RWD? I first got word of it this weekend from a member. That the RWD rack bushing seems to be a 1 piece bushing instead of 2 piece like the AWD.
I would say they are similar to these found on the 2nd gen GS models.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...k-bushing.html
I would say they are similar to these found on the 2nd gen GS models.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...k-bushing.html
So has anyone done it to a RWD? I first got word of it this weekend from a member. That the RWD rack bushing seems to be a 1 piece bushing instead of 2 piece like the AWD.
I would say they are similar to these found on the 2nd gen GS models.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...k-bushing.html
I would say they are similar to these found on the 2nd gen GS models.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...k-bushing.html
Mind you the RWD 2IS all use the same R&P... I should have looked up the AWD R&P.
PS - RWD uses two large bolts like yours. The link to the GS forum uses a bolt and a sleeve. Very different.
I did some poking around and it seems the rack comes with the bushings installed but maybe I didn't look far enough? That said, it also appeared from crappy drawings that the bushings are split and come out both sides.
Mind you the RWD 2IS all use the same R&P... I should have looked up the AWD R&P.
PS - RWD uses two large bolts like yours. The link to the GS forum uses a bolt and a sleeve. Very different.
Mind you the RWD 2IS all use the same R&P... I should have looked up the AWD R&P.
PS - RWD uses two large bolts like yours. The link to the GS forum uses a bolt and a sleeve. Very different.
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