Remove the spare wheel carrier/bash plate. I've got a spare wheel carrier so it was a 19mm socket to drop the carrier, then unhook the stability rods from the wheel carrier hinges and remove the wheel carrier and rods.
Using a 13mm socket and ring key remove the four bolts that pass through the rack mounting bushes, making sure that you don't lose the small, thin plain washer on the nut side.
Using same 13mm socket and ring key remove the two bolts that secure the flex-disc to the rack input shaft.
The rack should be free from the chassis now.
Now to remove the old bushes, easier said than done. In some cases the old bushes are so knackered that they push out fairly easily, in my case they didn't. So I took a 27mm deep socket, 19mm ordinary socket, length of 8mm Rebar, three nuts and a couple of washers and made a simple tool to draw the bushes out, photo below.
So old bushes out, new bushes in - they are split bushes and push in easily. The stainless steel insert needs a little bit of grease (supplied) to fit. The dog nicked the sachet of grease out of the box so I managed without.
Align rack with holes, insert bolts and using new 8mm self-locking nuts secure the rack.
Re-align the flex-disc, insert the bolts (you may need to get someone to turn the steering wheel slightly to align the holes, I used the Wife - the dog was having fun with a sachet of grease) and tighten.
Replace wheel carrier/bash plate.
Jump around in excitement then drive to your local garage/tyre place and have them reset the tracking. It wasn't out but it's a precaution.
The difference in the steering is incredible - get to Baxter's with yer dosh and get going! By the way, I'm not a shareholder.
Oh and Keeno, you still hold the record - it took me two hours. Mind you I did spend ten minutes looking for the grease - now where is that dog?
T4 Karmann Colorado
lol.