Posted this on Yotatech and TTORA, but figured I would bring it here too in response to a recent thread... Enjoy!
If you read
THIS thread, you know whats going on here, but if you haven't its a good read, but here is a basic rundown
Inside your steering rack, there is a guide that keeps everything moving the right way, over time it can loosen, and lead to sloppy steering, or a mysterious front end clunk. The original part was a roller on bearings, this was replaced with a sold piece in later model years.
This video shows what happens when one gets really worn out, and this is the one that I am replacing.
Its pretty simple to do, all you need is:
The parts from Toyota (read before ordering)
End sub-assembly, steering rack no. 2/ Guide sub/assembly
45504-35031-
Spring(for steering rack guide)/Spring, compression
90501-26074-
cap, Steering rack guide spring/ Cap, rack guide spring
45524-37010-
Nut(for steering rack guide spring cap/ nut
90179-48003-
Then you'll need a 5/8th inch threaded rod connector (Mine was $1.24 at home depot)
And a 24mm socket and ratchet
Also, a magnet
A dollop of grease
And lastly a big wrench
Here is the item we will be replacing, that large nut you can see on the rack.
First remove the cap, Mine was pretty tight at first
This is what will come out
Then I had to knock off the ring, you'll see it when you get there
Then your left with this, the guide itself
I used the magnet on my parts holder to pull this out, you may have a better way, but I couldn't get any pliers on it.
Then your left with a pile of old parts
Money savers listen up here, I found the old spring, and new spring, and the old guide bolt were the same sizes as the new stuff. If you want to save a bit you could probably re-use them