- Place the steering
wheel in the straight-ahead position.
Caution: To avoid any vehicle damage, serious personal injury or death when major components are removed from the vehicle and the vehicle is supported by a
hoist, support the vehicle with jack stands at the opposite end from which the components are being removed and strap the vehicle to the hoist.
- Raise and suitably support the vehicle.
- Inspect the torque of the adjuster plug.
- When the measured torque is below the specification value or the measured
torque is over the specification value, adjust the tightening torque.
| 4.1. | Place the rack gear in the straight-ahead position. |
| 4.2. | Tighten the adjust plug to 95 N·m (70 lb ft). |
| 4.3. | Turn the steering wheel all the way to the right and the left about 5 times
repeatedly. |
| 4.4. | Place the rack gear in the straight-ahead position. |
| 4.5. | Loosen the adjust plug. |
| 4.6. | Tighten the adjust plug to 8 N·m (71 lb in). |
| 4.7. | Set the torque in the 0.8-1.3 N·m (8-12 lb in)
by loosening the adjust plug to 0-90 degrees. |
