Hey guys,
My power steering lost sigificant amount of fluid the other day, and my rack and pinion leak has progressed significantly to where I need to replace it. The manual calls for removing the exhaust tube, stab bar, and cross-member, but I was wondering if I could remove the tires, disconnect the lines and pull it out sideways. Does anyone know if I will have enough clearance to slide it out of one of the wheel wells?

 

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...ring-rack.html

Pretty decent write-up for a 4th gen, they're quite similar.

 

I did it without dropping the cross member and exhaust, but it makes it a little harder.

 

Corssmember is very easy to remove. Exhaust/y-pipe, not as much, but if you're taking off the crossmember, might as well do the exhaust since, well removing either or is not nearly as smart as removing both for a job like that.