Removal & Installation (Millenia)
- Disconnect negative battery cable. Support engine using Engine Support Set (49-G017-5A0). Raise and support front of vehicle. Remove front wheel assemblies. Remove cotter pins and castle nuts from tie rod ends.
- Using Puller Set (49-T028-3A0), separate tie rod ends from steering knuckles. Remove transverse member bolts and remove transverse member. See Fig 1
Disconnect pressure and return line connections from steering gear. Remove intermediate shaft pinch bolt.
- Reference mark lower steering column-to-intermediate shaft. Remove engine mount member. Remove No. 1 engine mount bolts. Remove upper lateral link bolt and separate upper lateral link from crossmember. Remove lower control arm-to-crossmember mounting bolt and gusset. Separate lower control arm from crossmember.
- Remove stabilizer link-to-lower control arm nut. Separate stabilizer link from lower control arm. Using a jack, support front suspension crossmember. Remove crossmember retaining nuts. Carefully lower crossmember. Disconnect stabilizer link from stabilizer bar. Remove stabilizer bar brackets, bushings and stabilizer bar. Remove steering gear mounting nuts. Remove steering gear assembly.
- To install, reverse removal procedure. Tighten bolts to specification. See TORQUE SPECIFICATIONS
. Tighten steering gear mounting nuts in sequence: right front, left rear, right rear, left front. Fill and bleed power steering system. Check and adjust front wheel alignment. See WHEEL ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS & PROCEDURES article in WHEEL ALIGNMENT section.
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