SWAP 4A-GE — day eleven (19-10-2010) — Toyota Carina E, 2.0 liter, 1992

So, today brought the following results:
Finally, the rail was dismantled, the components not included in the repair kit were debugged, and there were some unpleasant surprises. One bearing is very loose, we must look now. But everything is in order.
The steering rack on my car is TOYODA, a NOK repair kit was ordered for it (1500 rubles) I removed the rack through the top, because nothing interferes, scrolling through 26 pages of the same topic dedicated to the steering rack, I can say that you can remove it "through the bottom" along with the subframe. Let's continue. The rail has been removed, all the slurry has been drained from it, be careful spits like a camel aiming, it has special jets that do not stand vertically, the angle is just in the eye. Now I have an oil stain on the ceiling))), I got distracted again, to unscrew the tubes, you may need a "bleed" key, but 12mm. I have unscrewed the usual with wide sponges. The tubes are removed, now we remove the remaining liquid. So we look, and we see that there is a special nut with an internal hexagon for tightening the cheryachka, I used a high nut for unwinding. We unscrew the upper part, exactly the one on which the cardan is put on, removed it and put it aside for the time being, pay attention to the fact that the tail of the axis sits in a gallic type bearing at the base of the rail. To open the half from the rail, you already need a special key, namely an 8-hedron with a distance between the faces of 40-41mm (but they made me a little less, I just wrapped it with a piece of paper. A little effort with a pipe with an amplifier and everything is untwisted (right side) I took hold of the left , wasted for about an hour, without success (looking ahead, I’ll say, after looking at the primer, I realized that on the left side it does not unwind
So we take out the results on a clean rag, namely the “axis” itself with the “piston” in the center and along the way the right seal flies out, not immediately, of course, but I knocked it out with the piston itself from the inside. More interesting, the dismantling of the left oil seal, I don’t know how to do it correctly, I’ll read the primer about the assembly, I’ll unsubscribe, but it took me about an hour. The metal seal itself is covered with rubber, it is not so easy to press it out from there. We went, maybe not quite right and not very convenient way: we crumpled it with a long screwdriver and cut it into pieces with it, tough of course, but the result was achieved.
The tube is disassembled, we take on the previously set aside upper part. she also has an internal 8-hedron (I’ll tell you the size later), ideally a special key, but since the first one was ordered spontaneously, I didn’t have these sizes. after studying the visually expected task and rummaging through the boxes in the garage, a key was found for Soviet bicycles such as KAMA / SALYUT / URAL, namely, a horned key for tightening the steering bearing, slightly spreading the antennae, it perfectly stood in the inner nut and it easily succumbed to unscrewing. We take out the shaft, it has two upper and lower seals, as well as two bearings, and the rings themselves that come with the kit. Bearings, both are pressed in, if the lower one (a larger diameter does not interfere with replacing the oil seal, then the upper one will have to be pressed out, the oil seal between it and the body. We take a head for 17, a bottle, spring ties, a metal plate and "
Troubleshooting: seals have already been brought in, one with a crack. There is a worn ring on the piston. The seals on the top are both for replacement, I think the rings too. But this is all understandable, because everything is included in the kit. The surprise was that the bearings on the shaft (from the top) wedged, the top one also backlashed. After evaluating the proposed work on the removal and installation of a large bearing, it was decided to rinse it and leave it, but change the small one, because there is a backlash on it and it has already been pressed
out. Thank you for your attention and stay tuned for the multi-buffer.