Came over to this video after seeing your comment over at EricTheCarGuy. I've been watching many videos on a DIY rack and pinion replacement and you provided great content.

I really appreciate your video Dave. I finally got my steering rack after waiting for five months because of a part shortage of course. I going to attempt the replacement, along with the sway bar bushings, this weekend. Your video, which I've watched a few times now, has given be the boost of confidence I needed to feel like I could do this job without having to spend close to $1000 for a shop to install it. I'll try to update you on how it went. Just wanted to say thank you for posting this and I hope this Sienna is still running strong.

That's really cool that you rely on God for wisdom brother. I do as well and He never leaves me alone through any struggle. God bless you brother!

Thanks for the recognition. You are too kind. I call this The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly job (with respect to Mr. Eastwood, Mr. Van Cleef, and Mr. Wallach). Excellent intro with theory and what you are getting into. It really does help to have extra hands to help especially when tools are needed. Tight spaces and odd angles. As you said, we’re not mechanics, just willing to get our hands dirty, share knowledge and save a little money.

DIY Dave Thank You I did this over the weekend, I pushed the stabilizer bar up as far as possible after loosening the link which gave me all the room to get to the driver side bolt and nut that holds the steering rack to the k frame. I loosened the rear most bolt that holds the k frame to the body to give me room to twist the rack to get it out from the driver side opening and you didn’t lie those bolt and nuts holding the rack in are extremely tight this is something I won’t soon forget as I won’t be doing this again. I got the steering shaft free by removing the battery the complete intake box and beat the old rack senseless until it dropped mines I believe has been on my van since new judging by all the rust.

Thank you Dave for the great video! Your video is a great tutorial for young mechanics and all DIY guys. Toyota sienna owners are lucky having so detail video on steering rack replacement. Watching your video I was happy with each your success.

God bless you Dave! This was a roller coaster of emotion. So glad you stuck through it.

So I'm impressed you stuck with this job it's not the easiest for someone who doesnt work on cars for a living. I am a tech and a couple of hints. Remove the tie rods first not after the rack is out. That also gives you more wiggle room to remove the rack. Another tip we almost always lessen the 2 rear cradle bolts that also gives you more room. The last tip I could give is in some cars you can get a ball joint separator to get the steering shaft broken away. But good job you were able to get that on your own.

Thank you so much for doing this video. I decided to let he mechanics do this job for me. It took all day. Plus they did struts, and re aligned. Cost 1700$. I can do my brakes rotors and cv axles but this was to much for me. We have 320000 miles and are hoping to go 500k. Our transmission and motor are great. Thanks again.

About the spline; if you can put a sheet metal (or screw driver) in between, do that, screw in the screw from the other side and push it apart this way.

One BIG problem with this great video DIY Dave... you saved the most important information for the last ten minutes of a feature-length video! That's when you realize on the test drive that all your mechanical work may have been wasted because the ABS won't work until you reset the computer. Now imagine my frustration when I watched nearly an hour of your work, found the confidence to do it myself, ordered a steering rack online, and then, just before I got started, watched the last ten minutes to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Now if I can't find the software, I will have to pay $100 to ship the steering rack back and add that to whatever the stealership is going to charge me to fix this. I have googled Toyota Techstrean software and can't find anything on the Internet. Do you have a source? If you don't please put a warning at the BEGINNING of the video. Thank you.

About to hit 333,333 miles with my 2009 Sienna. Steering rack is overdue. Thx for the video. Dealer wants over $1k for replacement, rack is $188 on Amazon...

Thanks for all this tips. very good job. I like the celebration after you got the middle shaft released.

Something I've learned is to line the work area with cardboard, not only does this help sop up any leaking fluid, its more comfortable to lay on and it's easier to slide around while on your back (which stays cleaner to boot). Home Depot and Lowes sell large cardboard moving boxes for cheap so the cost is well worth the benefit.

Thanks for the video, I am planning to change the rack and pinion on my 2010 Toyota sienna LE. You video is very well made and helpful, made me feel like I can do it with such a good explanation. I might video that if I could. Thank you very much

Dave, I didn't see you verify that the new rack was in the dead center position before installing it, and mating it to the steering column. You could have used the steering wheel lock to center the steering wheel before starting. Very good to point out that spinning the loose steering wheel could ruin the clock spring. Usually the rack input shaft and column shaft spline together in only one position, but you might have been one or more full turns off.

Too many complaints from owners of these vehicles from year model 2005-2010 with defective steering racks. There should be a recall from the manufacturer. I've checked the forums and there are literally thousands of owners with this power steering rack issue. Toyota need to recall these vehicles and correct this problem before someone gets hurt, or worse. Very negligent of Toyota, shame on you, you put profit before life and safety. My next vehicle will most definitely be a Honda not Toyota!

Unfortunately I can not paste in a picture of the service manual and parts layout - you will not see O-Rings on the supply and return lines. BTW: I am amazed you were able to insert the camera (LOL) . I had to watch you go through it .. just fun .. I feel your pain ..guess that is why I continued to watch.. No More leftover bolts ...man those are the parts that some people claim were not needed. Yes plenty of fluid is required turn fully side to side lots and lots of times. See my long write up you could have saved some trouble .. I noticed you failed to center the rack before install and you also did the common tie-rod count which is terrible for actually keeping alignment. My method for tie-rod ends to keep alignment works every-time. $2200 at Toyota, 3rd party $1300 and up.

I got 08 Toyota sienna 578000 miles same engine and transmission still running strong

On 25k views Dave definitely deserve 25k likes too 👍

Just FYI: Your rotors and pads should be replaced - I can see the unevenness in the rotor. Steering wheel should be centered and locked in place before starting , the new rack should also be centered before re-installing. You do not need to remove both sides of the stabilizer bar - only the passenger side. The Steering Rack bolts are 19mm and 17mm you can get to the passenger side nut and loosen that very easily even with the sway bar still in the way - you just can't remove the bolt unless you take the passenger side stabilizer bolts out (and you need to to get the rack out). You should tie wrap the sway bar up out of the way. I removed the lower ball joint on drivers side and pulled the CV Axle (axle was bad and needed to be replaced) - definitely gave more room for me to work. Before taking the outer tierods off just break loose the jam nut - but put it back up against the outer tierod - for the cheater method of perfect alignment when done. My method I know works ..see later on for details.. Given you did not do that - you could use a 3 foot breaker bar and a 22mm crow foot along with a large wrench on the outer tie-rod and use the ground as a holder for the tie-rod side. BTW: A good set of tools is really great to have , cause it can be a pain if not.. You then use a 12mm to remove the steering rack intermediate shaft link, lift it up and off. It should be fairly easy - you might need to insert screw driver in the middle of bolt side and nut side and twist to open the unit up a tad. It should slide off easily. You then use a stubby 17mm (your case 18mm) wrench on the hoses attached to the steering rack, they can be difficult to re-install .. You should not have had an issue with bolts out and loosening the hose fittings - righty tighty , lefty loosey.. you would have been on the downward motion loosening not the lifting motion. You don't need to remove the upper hose clamp - the hose will spin in the line and the fitting will come out. When you pull the rack out - the metal tube hoses that are part of the rack can get in the way which is one reason you need ot turn it to get past the transmission mounting - but make sure you took out the 12mm bolt holding the hose mount on the inner gearbox side and the nut on the passenger side. Don't put the outer tie rods on until the new rack is completely installed. If you have tight stuck bolts - PB Buster - excellent stuff. When you re-install make sure your rack is centered. TieRod end turning and counting - no no no .. that is close but not good enough ... If you want your alignment really close (almost perfect) - loosen jam nut on old rack then finger run it back up against the outer tie rod (then run outer tie rod out and remove - make sure you don't turn your jam nut) - use a caliper to measure the end of the inner tie rod to the jam nut. On the new rack put your new nut at that same distance and add tie rod. Tighten Jam nut. Repeat for the other side. Mine took about 3 hours to remove. A Couple hours on installation. What took the longest was re-installing the hoses must have been about 1 hour or so with those (BTW: there are no o-rings on a 2006 - see the service manual for details - only your left and right turn pressure tubes have them and should have already been installed ) . I did use power tools for parts of mine especially once I broke things loose - a good cordless dewalt impact tool - makes getting ties off very quick. Makes removing the CV bolt a breeze, Then the things I could get to - much faster. This is the second rack I have done and by far the Sienna is a piece of cake compared to a 95 Honda , I would say anyone with a 95 accord pay a shop its well worth it @ $800- I would have rather done the transmission on that Honda.

Thanks for making this and for the helpful information. I was curious how your power steering pump is holding up. We have had a torn boot for about 7 years and the mechanic told us that because the fluid was dirty we need to change the pump when we do the rack and quoted around $1300 back in 2016. We decided we would just wait until the pump started going bad. But it keeps going! I'm considering taking on this job and flushing out the dirty fluid and leaving the pump. Is there anything I'm overlooking? Thanks for the video.

I spent probably 4 hours trying to get the pressure line fitting back onto the new rack. I finally gave up, pulled the rack back out of the car, detached the line from the power steering pump, pulled it from the van and installed it on the rack outside of the vehicle. Slid the whole rack and attached line back into the vehicle and had it bolted back down and all other lines attached in about 20 minutes. I’m a professional mechanic and I’ve never had a rack kick my butt like this one did. There was no room for my fat hands to get that pressure line back on. You did a great job on your video btw.

you need to correct your first correction @1:17:34 because i watched entire video in my book this constitute "we did it" :) good job Dave thank you.

I have the same steering rack problem on my 2004 sienna but my mechanic just using DW40 fix it. Rusty shaft join. I still using without replace it. DW40 done.

Great job in the driveway 😊

Wow! Great job in explaining. Thank you!

Good job my friend. I have a VSC light on, and I have changed out all the O2 sensors and still is not resolved. I hope I don’t have to do this :)

Very helpful doing mine this weekend. Thank you very in depth.

Thanks for your trouble....It is very help*****

Thank you Dave!

Hey Dave, I'm having trouble understanding the setup you're doing with the ratchet, big wrench, and the breaker bar at 25:44. I'm having trouble getting the bolt loose on the driver side and I'd like to try your method, but I'm not getting what exactly it is that you did. Thanks for the video.

👍 excellent. Just watch the first 7:47 minutes and fuga ! Mashin.

Hi dave, my parents have gone through 4 powersteering pumps in our 2006 toyota sienna in the last four months. the dealership was the ones who "Fixed" it. they finally saw the frustration we had and came and picked it up for us to try to fix it again. they found the fluid was burnt and said there was not enough fluid "Circulation' in the steering gear which cause the fluid to overheat which burnt out the pump. is this a viable diagnosis? we did have the rack replaced about five years ago. these vans are absolute tanks, this is the first major problem with it.

Hey Nice job man. I had the same problem i did do wheel alignment but lights still on. What do i have to do for that issue?? Thanks again

great video! very realistic and helpful!

Does it affect the speed of the car and its response to the gas pedal and cause a stinging in the car? Thank you

Tip number one, don't ever hit your head that hard and think everything is fine

Fantastic video!! Thank you so so much!!!

Can you tell me or make a video on what repairs you have done to your 2008 Sienna and at what mileage points? I also own a 2008 Sienna, but with very low mileage on it.

Could disconnecting the battery would work to reset the vehicle?

Really appreciate your video. It's hard to figure out how to solve issues and documenting with videos at the same time. If it were me i just try to fix and wouldn't be able to show and help anyone. I thought the amount of talk and telling the problem you were facing were just fine. Would not know what i will be facing or problem i would run into if you didn't say any. I was watching couple videos about steering rack replacement and the videos were completely silence before I found yours and that was a relief. I have a torn boot on my 2007 Sienna and also steering fluid is leaking bad, so trying to do some research. I'm worried about the ABS, VSC problem asi don't have any ODBII that would be able to reset them. Would making sure the rack is centerted before connecting it to the steering rod would help avoid the steering angle recalibration? Or is calinration a must do for every time you replace the rack?

My dad have 2010 Toyota Sienna. He took it to a Toyota Dealership and he was told that the Rack and Pinion need to be replaced. They quoted $3,000 for the job. New Rack and Pinion to be installed, steering fluid and an alignment. I'm not a mechanic. But I know how to changed rotors, disk pads, flush sttering fluid, coolant and transmission on my 2008 Volvo XC90. Of course I have a Vida Dice ( a Volvo Diiagnostic tool that tells you how to remove and replace parts step by step) Looking at your excellent video, I might take this DIY. What's the name of that program that you use to calibrate?

You mentioned that it took Dexron 3, but it appears you are using Dexron 6....?

Hey Dave, how's the fix holding up a year after you did it? I'm getting ready to put tie rods in because I found the boot torn open (2005 model year with 79K on it...no surprise the other side is dry rotted). How do you keep all of your nuts and bolts straight that you take out?

O Brother the oem rack & p , I bought it , about 275 free shiping from amazo ,tax was 15.50 😂 today is 12/5 / 22

Hello, you have really nice and precise videos, and I really appreciate them, by the way I would Highly recommend you to try one of the really cheap Amazon Electronic Ratchets, they really come handy when you’re already loosen up a long bolt, or vise versa, making sure it’s torqued enough by hand.. and also one question, is your car a Sienna LE? And if yes, did your part fit completely? How about the O rings?

What is the light on the dashboard?

Alignment after replaced the rack.

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How much is this piece please?

"AWESOME VIDEO", THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi I am wondering if you had also problem with the slip signal while you were driving the van?, the a did the alarm sound before you change the steering rack? If it did after the job did a got fix?, I ask because my is doing that and is dangerous. But is not leaking power steering oil. So maybe the bushing are bad?.

Good job

You very good really good job

Turn the wiper off lol

Hi Dave, Thank you so much for posting this repair. I'm having similar issues with an '07 model and your video gave me great input into what is potentially causing traction control to trigger off. Also where you able to diagnose the onboard lights? and if so how did you fix them? Excellent video I'm attaching another video that diagnosed the bushings on the rack and pinion as another potential failure for these models. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m86XZaecvdrKg3k.html

Do you think this zero point calibration technique would do the same thing? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zq2KhsJ_1tvGYYk.html

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You talk way to much