How to effectively install and maintain a Rack and Pinion system on 2004 Toyota Camry?

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You should apply power steering fluid or molybdenum disulfide lithium base grease on the indicated parts before installation. Start the procedure by disconnecting the battery negative terminal followed by removing the horn button assembly and steering wheel assembly with SST 09950-50013 (09951-05010, 09952-05010, 09953-05020, 09950-05021). The first step involves removing the front wheel combined with spiral cable sub-assembly, followed by disassembly of tie rod assembly LH which requires removal of the nut along with the cotter pin before separation from the steering knuckle using SST 0962-62011 tool. The procedures for tie rod assembly RH are performed in exactly the same way. Start by detaching the steering intermediate shaft sub-assembly after you loosen the bolt then remove the clamp from steering column hole cover No. 1 and disconnect steering column hole cover No. 2 and place matchmarks before separating the assembly with the bolt removal. Disconnection of the front stabilizer link assemblies LH and RH requires the removal of nuts as well as possible assistance from a hexagon wrench. The front stabilizer brackets No. 1 LH and RH are removed by breaking bolts. Disconnect the pressure feed tube assembly and return tube assembly from the rack and pinion assembly by using SST 09023-12700 and remove the nut to break the return tube clamp. To remove the rack and pinion assembly joiners, use necessary hexagon wrenches and remove all bolts and nuts. The power steering rack housing heat insulator must be removed from 1MZ-FE vehicles before using SST 09023-38200 to extract left and right turn pressure tubes with their O-rings. Use SST 09612-0012 to secure the rack and pinion assembly while you tape the SST before commencing and proceed to take off the tie rod assemblies LH and RH following the steps of marking the tie rod assembly LH and steering rack end sub-assembly and unlocking the lock nut and removing the components. The inspection of the unsecured tie rod assembly LH requires installation of the stud bolt nut followed by movement of the ball joint stud back and forth before measuring the resulting torque value. Lift the steering rack boot clips and clamps with extreme caution before taking off both steering rack boots No. 1 and No. 2. Detach the steering rack end sub-assembly using a screwdriver along with a hammer to unstake the claw washer before using two SSTs to remove the steering rack ends sub-assembly with corresponding claw washers while correctly implementing SST 09922-10010. Use SST to remove the rack guide spring cap as well as spring cap nut before removing compression spring and rack guide. Use SST 09616-00011 to grip the control valve as you remove the rack housing cap using a 27 mm socket wrench because you will also need to carefully remove dust cover items and bolts and their gasket afterwards. The serrated part of the control valve requires vinyl tape wound around it to protect from damage while removing it. Proper tools must be used to eliminate the control valve upper oil seal and cylinder end stopper while safeguarding the grooves from damage. Using SST 09527-21011 and SST 09612-24014 (0961-22011) and SST 09527-21011 you will remove the power steering rack bush and oil seal for inspection of power steering rack condition and wear. Use SST tools to correctly install the new rack steering piston ring and power steering cylinder tube oil seal according to their orientation. The procedure ends with power steering rack and bush installation while positioning the cylinder end stopper correctly and testing air tightness using SST 09631-12071 (09633-00010) to prevent vacuum variation.

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