Removal & Installation (Protege & 323)
- Disconnect negative battery cable. Raise and support front of vehicle. Remove front wheels. Remove engine undercover. Remove cotter pins and castle nuts from tie rod ends.
- Remove tie rods from steering knuckles with suitable puller. Remove steering column intermediate shaft-to-steering gear pinion shaft bolt. Remove pressure and return hose connections from steering gear box.
- Remove all accessible steering gear mounting bracket upper nuts and lower bolts. On Protege, support drive train from above. Loosen stabilizer bar left mounting bracket and remove engine mount crossmember.
- Remove transmission control cable clip. Remove transfer case mount nuts. Lower engine gradually until rear engine mount bolts can be removed. Remove lower left steering gear mounting bolt from between transaxle and transfer case.
- On all models, remove steering gear. To install, reverse removal procedure. Fill and bleed system. Tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS table at end of article.