Removal

1. Open hood.
2. Disconnect battery ground cable.
3. From inside vehicle, remove nuts retaining steering column tube boot to cowl panel.
4. Remove bolt retaining steering column intermediate shaft coupling to steering column lower yoke.
5. Position steering column tube boot out of the way. Remove pinch bolt retaining steering column intermediate shaft coupling to power rack and pinion steering gear and remove steering column intermediate shaft coupling.
6. Raise vehicle on a twin post hoist and remove front wheel and tire assemblies.





7. Remove exhaust system flex tube-to-dual converter Y-pipe attachment. Disconnect heated oxygen sensor wiring harness. Remove dual converter Y pipe from vehicle.





8. Support vehicle with jackstands under rear edge of front sub-frame.
9. Remove tie rod cotter pins and nuts, and remove tie rod end from RH front wheel knuckle and LH front wheel knuckle.





10. Remove nuts from steering gear-to-front sub-frame retaining bolts.
11. Remove both height sensor attachments from front suspension lower arms.
12. Remove rear sub-frame-to-body retaining bolts.
13. Raise twin post hoist carefully until rear sub-frame separates from body approximately 102 mm (4 inches).
14. Remove steering shaft U-joint shield.





15. Remove LH stabilizer bar link.
16. Disconnect power steering pressure switch electrical connectors from power steering auxiliary actuator.
17. Rotate power rack and pinion steering gear to clear bolts from front sub-frame and pull left to ease removal of power steering auxiliary actuator.
18. Remove two actuator-to-steering gear retaining bolts.






19. Lift and remove power steering auxiliary actuator from power rack and pinion steering gear.