Removal and Installation
REMOVAL
1. Place front wheels facing straight ahead.
2. Remove steering wheel pad.
3. Remove steering wheel.
4. Disconnect RH and LH tie rod ends.
5. Disconnect intermediate shaft.
6. Disconnect clamp plate.
Remove the nut.
7. Disconnect pressure feed and return tubes.
Using Special Service Tool (SST) 09631 - 22020, disconnect the tube.
8. Disconnect stabilizer bar.
Remove the 4 bolts.
HINT: Do not remove the bar.
9. Remove No.1 fuel tube protector.
Remove the 2 bolts and nut.
10. Remove PS gear assembly.
a. Remove the 2 gear assembly set bolts and nuts.
HINT: Lift up the stabilizer bar and remove the bolts.
b. Remove the gear assembly from the LH of the vehicle.
NOTICE: Do not damage the turn pressure tubes.
INSTALLATION
1. Install PS gear assembly.
a. Install the gear assembly from the LH of the vehicle.
NOTICE: Do not damage the turn pressure tubes.
b. Torque the 2 gear assembly set bolts and nuts.
Torque: 181 Nm (134 ft. lbs.).
HINT: Lift up the stabilizer bar and install the bolts.
2. Install No.1 fuel tube protector.
Install the 2 bolts and nut.
3. Connect stabilizer bar.
Torque the 4 bolts.
Torque: 19 Nm (14 ft. lbs.).
4. Connect pressure feed and return tubes.
Using SST 09631 - 22020, connect the tube.
Torque: 32 Nm (24 ft. lbs.).
HINT:
- Use a torque wrench with a fulcrum length of 300 mm (11.81 inch).
- This torque value is effective in case that SST is parallel to a torque wrench.
5. Connect clamp plate.
Torque the nut.
Torque: 10 Nm (7 ft. lbs.).
6. Connect intermediate shaft.
7. Connect RH and LH tie rod ends.
8. Position front wheels facing straight ahead.
HINT: Do it with the front of the vehicle jacked up.
9. Center spiral cable.
10. Install steering wheel.
a. Install the wheel at straight-ahead position.
b. Temporarily tighten the wheel set nut.
c. Connect the connector.
11. Bleed power steering system.
12. Check steering wheel center point.
13. Torque steering wheel set nut.
Torque: 35 Nm (26 ft. lbs.).
14. Install steering wheel pad.
15. Check front wheel alignment.