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Hey Brian! First, THANK YOU so much for taking the time to help the DIY-ers like me. I studied and watch this video and was able to complete the job because of you and those savior wrenches. I'm learning alot from watching your videos. They are extremely helpful and educational. You are AWESOME!
Dude! Your videos are first rate. Anyone complaining about shaky footage is simply not worth your time. I appreciate the effort to help backyard mechanics like me who enjoy working on our own vehicles for the satisfaction of it and to save a bit of coin. I have an 06 Accord with 450,000 k and I don’t think I’d spend the $ to do this job at a shop given there’s lots to fix on the old gal and I’d like to keep her. So cheers! and keep up the good work!
YOUR EDITING IS FINE. Eric's is good too. You are both godsends to me. BOTH OF YOU! Please continue to do what you're doing. You're helping thousands of us. Hope your daughter is better.--Phil
I was scanning through car video, I don’t have any issue with my power steering or rack, but you have done such marvelous job not only taking excellent video but explaining and to do and not to do area. I’ve booked mark your page. When get chance I’ll finish watching rest of your video. Great Job. And Thank YOU.
Brian; I would recommend anybody to look at your videos. you're good! at what you do. I've been doing Automotive for 20 years and you're good! you actually make me feel like if I'm working on the car😃
don't filter your comments Brian..they are a part of the fun of watching you! As for your daughter best of luck to you . I am a father of a grown boy that as an infant was in and out of the hospital , so I know your stress.
One tip is to take pictures of anything that you are about to open/remove. Label those nuts with tape and place them into the part's holes. LOL starting at 22:27 !!! Starting at 28:30 is the maneuvering of taking out the rack & pinion. At 29:04 is a jack mount point.
hi i know first hand how hard it is working on a project and filming it!, you are doing very very well, especially for working with a cellphone, as to Erick the car guy, first hes is using someone to operate the camera,and that makes it 100 times easier, 2 he is using a real camera with lens's, from what it looks like he's camera guy shoots from around 10ft away with a lens that does around 100mm to 180mm and a 4-6 f-stop based on the light
I am replacing my 97 Accord 4-banger right now. It is a little bit easy than the V6. I can get the rack out by only removing the catalytic converter which is less messy than the V6. However, the hydraulic line fittings are in much tighter space than the V6. I could not even get the crawfoot to mount. Finally, I have to remove the inlet hose, fuel line and get access from the top. My arm is bare long enough to get hold of the wrench. I expect as much fun putting it back in the coming weekend.
No one deserves to be saved, it's why it's called grace and not merit :) (talking about being saved by Jesus, not the tool!) Great video btw, I also only do minimal wrenching but I love to know more about how cars work. Keep it up!
i got an 04 accord my rack went april 2012 lmfao then this useful video comes out ...!!!! A VERY GOOD WORD OF ADVICE ONLY BUY YOUR NEW OR REBUILD RACK FROM THE DEALER TRUST ME I LEARNED MY LESSON THE HARD WAY................ TRUST ME
Hey Brian, I am confused why the power steering pump is moaning, if there is leak in the rack. and air is entering the system it should bubble up to the top in the power steering fluid reservoir, and should not enter the pump.The pump sucks the power steering fluid from the bottom, so only fluid should enter the pump. Unless there is leak in the intake o ring, for which I have seen a lots of posts.
for an alignment I use a thin string masking tape the string to the rear tire if it stretches to the front wheel without any obstructions you streach it and tape it to the front threads of the front tire then you have a true reading of toe in or toe out. also set your hondas to zero toe for tire wear if you dont like the fell or if it wanders slightly toe it in 1/32 of an inch. whitch means the rear of your front tire will hit the string a little more than when at zero which would just touch
Wonderful video. Gets all of the necessary camera angles. Camera vibrations were not an issue. Like Poltab7 mentioned, the side comments are hilarious. Keep it up! I also like that you gather inspiration from Ericthecarguy. I am the same way. MANY MANY videos have taught me things I never thought I would do. My brothers clutch to be specific. (1999 Accord front wheel drive 2.3L 4cyl VTEC). Keep this up and you will be viewed the same way, for seeing the repairs is believing it can be done right.
i watched your video back in 2013 same exact car as this one same color and interior even. i did it all by myself lol a lot of people were amazed since i don't know crap about cars aside from the basic stuff. it was fun also! good times! :) thanks!
Thanks for the video. I like the technique of "leave the camera running". It may not be film school 101 but it helps us shade tree types know how things really go!
Thanks a lot for the video. A Honda is a Honda. Had a 96 odyssey with similar setup but this was the closest to a guide to help me I could get. Odyssey was harder I'm sure but this video helped for the Honda setup.
It was nice to come here and find out what I thought was the problem with my 91 accord. I found the steering too hard. When looking under the hood found the belt broken and laying on top of the pulley. I found someone to put the new belt on and went on my way. There was a noise from the belt but then another noise developed as well as a feeling of clicking, like the turns were having a hard time. The power steering fluid was apparently over filled although no one has put any fluid in. I do believe with what I have seen and heard here that I am looking at replacing the rack and pinion. It looks like a lot of work. Yet this mechanic makes it look less difficult.
Sometimes my comment filter needs service.... lol I'm not as bad as the Vice President, but I get in trouble some days.- especially when I miss out on sleep due to my daughter having medical issues etc. several times a night. At least we're passed the seizures! THANK GOD! Now if she'd just quit sleep walking and having panic attacks- running full tilt into walls at 3am. lol If I didn't laugh... I would cry!
Watched the whole video, it was informative. When you were talking about how hard it is to work on a car and record to tech: Preach! It's fucking hard, I tried it. I have 6 different videos ready to be put together to to give people some idea on how to repair a certain coolant leak I had but it's exhausting. Thanks for the video.
You were talking about "toe-in" vs "toe-out", I think it would be toe out on a front wheel drive vehicle and toe in on a "un-driven" axle. If I thought this through properly, it'll work this way. Correct me if I'm wrong.
They pull out. I used to do mobile repair and they didn't fit the spot I put them in unless I pulled them out. I had to fit everything in tight so it would ride OK going up mountains at ski resorts, through medians, and across farmland. I could bend the tabs back I suppose.
Great video Brian. You saying "Speak of the Devil"made me interested in what it meant as well. Looks lke it's short for "Speak of the devil and he shall appear." which makes sense because we say that when the item or person appears as you're talking about it/them. Since you told us about "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" it makes me interested in learning these idioms sometimes. lol
Mine is leaking too ( 97 LX). Your video will be a great help but I am not sure I will touch this part yet. Too much work, refill fluid is much easier. I am looking forward to the electrical power steering (new car).
I should- I have 3 tripods and 3 cameras, but the time to edit.... none! Spanky edits for me quite a bit, but not so much lately. I have a favorite camera and tripod- so I usually just use them.
I have crows feet sae and metric, $18.00 each set from Northern tool, i need an 18 mm when i changed the steering box on my Jeep ZJ so i just bought 2 full sets, excellent quality for the price, it did the job thats all that counts
I just watched a video of the same job but on a 1999 Civic and the Tie Rod was attached down through the top. On this car I noticed the tie rods go up through from the bottom.
Thank you on your knowledge to film to this while you did the job. I plan to change the rack on my 4cyl accord when I take out the engine/transmission to change my auto accord to a manual along with brake and fuel lines. My question is was the replacement rack oem or aftermarket as I don't think it came up? My car is 300k and I had to change the auto trans at 300k with a salvage yard that is acting up 22k later so I decided to change to the non problem manual
Brian where you can by those special socket for nuts in hard accessible space at 15:18 you showed them but can't figure out what brand they are our where buy this :)
great video! I have the same problem on my 2000 accord coupe v6. this seems like a very labor intensive job.. ill stick to buying honda power steering fluid for now...
The picture of your jack stand at 1:20 why does it look like the tab is not bent in? Is that how you run'em so the stem pulls out? Or is it just an optical illusion.
I have an O4, 4 door 4 cylinder, did not have to mess with the exaust, but its real tricky getting it in and out. but it can be done,.. oh and thanks foe the video. I dis watch it before i worked on my car.
So i got a leaky steering rack.. And i have got that whine sound from steering pump as well... Goes high at ends of a turned steering... So if leak is fixed no need to change steering pump???
I have stripped out the flarenut on the rack that you used a crow foot on. I also used a crow foot on mine but it's still stripped. Is there any advice you could give me? If so I would really appreciate it!
Was that column boot split from the factory? If so that's awesome! Chrysler's, and others they arntt split making it a struggle to get to the sinch bolts.
Brian do you ever put your bolts back in their original place before reinstalling them? I tried that technique out instead of putting them in baggies or aside some where and I felt like I saved some time.
did you flush the power steering pump for old ATF and debree ? ... sure ...cleaning the top ATF plastic tank helps but what about what's inside the pump .... what about the pump itself..... did you check for damage or strange noise ? (sorry for my english i'm from europe ) .. anyway ... thanks for the video .. i want to do this procedure on my car and i was looking for a video like this
Brian, I want to take moment to thank you for all you do for us lay men mechanics out here. You make terrific videos , with clever and insightful thought. Not to mention that you're funny as hell. It really makes me feel like I can do these repairs myself. I am gearing up for a rack and pinion removal and rebuild on my Acura MDX. I learn so much by watching you. Wrench on!
I believe that year had the 2.2 can you find a rack for any 4 cyl honda accord on you tube that would be like the wagon . I got close to 600k on my 2.2 94 great engines
2004 HONDA ACCORD: I'm the life saver and y'all can thank me later. Idc what any mechanic at a shop says or what google tells you, to remove the power steering rack and pinoin on a 2004 Honda accord YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DISMANTLE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM!!! exhaust bolts are a head ache they have to be sprayed with pb blaster and then still they may break then your looking at drilling them out. TO REMOVE THE POWER STEERING RACK AFTER YOU HAVE UNMOUNTED IT AND DISCONNECTED THE LINES, LOWER THE SUBFRAME USING A IMPACT MAKE SURE AND LOWER IT EVENLY ON ALL 4 SIDES AND KEEP LOWERING IT UNTIL YOU GOT ENOUGH ROOM TO PULL THE POWER STEERING RACK OUT. TWO MAIN THINGS TO DO THIS JOB: REMOVE THE REAR ENGINE MOUNT AND ENGINE MOUNT HOUSING AND LOWER THE SUBFRAME. THE ENGINE MOUNT HOUSING THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT SETS ON TOP OF CAN BE REMOVED OFF THE SUBFRAME BY REMOVING THE 4 BOLTS HOLDING IT TO THE SUBFRAME. THESE BOLTS ARE ONLY ACCESSIBLE UNDERNEATH THE CAR SO YOU WILL NEED IT LIFTED OR SUPPORTED BY JACK STANDS. ONCE THE NEW RACK IS INSTALLED IMMEDIATELY SUCK THE SUBFRAME BACK UP EVENLY MAKE SURE THE STEERING PINION SHAFT IS IN POSITION WITH THE STEERING NUCKLE BELOW THE STEERING WHEEL THEN ONCE THATS DONE REINSTALL THE ENGINE MOUNT CONNECT THE LINES AND BOLT EVERYHTING BACK DOWN. YOU CAN LIFT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE USING A CHERRY PICKER/ ENGINE CRANE OR LIFT IT FROM THE BOTTOM USING A FLOOR JACK AND A 2/6 SHORT BLOCK TO PUT UNDER THE OIL PAN AND TRANSMISSION EITHER WAY WORKS I USED A THIN STRAP AND A CHERRY PICKER AND LIFTED IT FROM THE TOP BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT SAVED WHOEVER A MAJOR HEAD ACHE BY LETTING YALL KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ITS UNNECESSARY AND EXTRA WORK THATS NOT EVEN NEEDED
Great video bro. I'm a big fan. At 38:20, if you pause your video, the paint chip on your jack stand kinda looks like an image of Benjamin Franklin..haha...sorry, have a strange mind.
Make sure you flush all that ATF out of the system. I had to go through 3 racks in three weeks before I learned the hard way to flush the all the ATF fluid out. Not sure why they put that ATF in a Honda rack. I got so good at the removal and installation the last rack took less than 2 hours. I also had the Firestone lifetime alignment service that paid for itself. I use O'reillys Honda power steering fluid it's sold by the quart. Been using it my 89 accord since 92.
What year accord is this for? I have read that 2003 / seventh generation requires lowering the subframe and lots of special support tools... so I'm wondering if this is really necessary.
Is it the same for a 2000 Acura TL?? Idk what's wrong with mine the steering wheel is very hard to turn and I replace the power steering pump already..
have you ever did the seals of the rack pinion? i dont want to spend the money like the on you are doing i have to do it on a ford tauras should be a fun job i like talking dirty to the car when i work on the pass the time just have not named the car yet lmao like watching how you do things
