Pretty easy job. The hardest part was loosening the tie rod end lock nut.

I'm not an expert, but in case you can't find a better tutorial, this is how I did it.

Step one, loosen lug nuts. Just kidding! I'm gonna skip to fine details and get to the good stuff. Haha!

Part numbers

53534-SR3-N52 D/S bellow $16
53534-ST0-013 P/S bellow $16
53546-S84-003 Tie-rod boot $2

Napa Sil-Glyde Grease 765-1351 4oz tube $8


Lets replace that dried out, rotting muthafukka before it breaks and ruins a perfectly good steering rack.
use a 17mm to hold the rod and use a 19mm to loosen the lock nut.
I had to heat it and WD40 it repeatedly and even enlist my GF to smack the wrench with a hammer while I applied mad pressure, yo.
Finally it came loose. I marked the threads to not screw up the alignment too much. Remove the tie rod end and nut completely.
I removed the rind as seen here. I reused this part.
Use long needle-nose pliers to back the clip up the equalization tube and remove the tube.
Tin snips make easy work of cutting the metal band holding the bellow on.
Remove the old, nasty bellow.
turn the steerring wheel to extend the shaft entirely and clean the grease off with a clean paper towel or very clean rag.
Clean the part just behind the threads too, otherwise when you put the new bellow on, you'll slide the dirt inside the bellow.
Go to Napa and get this silicone grease. $8 for a 4 oz tube. Or go to a Honda dealer and get raped.
Put a thin film all over the rubber bellow inside and out.
Hard to see here (and I forgot to take a pic of it), but pack the joint and coat the shaft lightly with the silicon lube.
Put the spiral ring on the boot BEFORE you slide the boot on.
I bought these bomb zip ties. They cost me $40 effing dollars for a bag of 50.
They're good zip ties though and they fit perfectly. I wouldn't trust crappy zip ties from Dollar Tree for this job.
So easy to install.
Pull tight with two pairs of needle-nose pliers.
Tie rod boots to follow in the next post.

 

Part number 53546-S84-003 cost $2 each (plus shipping) from Majestic Honda.
Remove the old, dried out, rotten boot using a standard screwdriver and hammer.
A couple of whacks later, it will pop off.
Use silicone grease to keep the boot soft and supple.
Not too much.
Special installation tool (32mm socket).
Insert boot into tool.
Lightly tap it on. If you don't have a 32mm socket, you can tap it on with a screwdriver, but beware that it will deform the internal ring easily and if deformed, may cause failure in the future.
Enjoy the fact that you just renewed your tie-rod for another 100k miles.

 

By the way, since the boots weren't broken, I left the old tie-rod grease in place. You can regrease yours, but I have no idea what kind of grease is supposed to go in there.

 

Are the Bellow's OEM Honda? What is the silver thing on the inner tie rod?

Nice pictures and and write up.

 

Thank you! Yes, Honda OEM bellows and boots. Part #'s updated in first post.

The silver thing is a polished spherical joint.

 

THIS IS GREAT!!!!

 

Thanks! Glad you like it!

 

Nice write up man! We need more of these.


Hardest part for me was the ring around the boot haha.

 

Thanks for detailed DIY, it's great!

Atrockauto list 53534ST0013 (BECK/ARNLEY 1032947) as an alternative for 53534SR3N52.

Are they crazy or can a guy save a little mullah with two ST0's?

 

Probably your standard "bearing grease" stuff.

 

Thanks for the write-up. Book marked for future reference.

 

I like what you did to get that boot back on the tie rod. i was fighting with mine for ever to get it back on, i'm gonna try your method this weekend.