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The way a shop would do this (the quickest way) is to drop the subframe with the rack attached. No undoing banjo bolts, control arms, tie rods, etc. This is the same way BMW does it when they need to remove the subframe.
Remove and hang brake calipers, top sway bar links, electrical connectors.
Three nuts at the top of each strut tower
One bolt at the steering rack/column connection
8 bolts subframe-to-chassis
One PS line at the cooler
One PS connection in the hard line, about 1qt will drain.
You can then drop the subframe intact, PS rack included. Once on a lift you can have a complete subframe out of the car in one hour. If you do it this way there should be no changes to any alignment spec when reinstalled. This has been confirmed on an aligment rack on a couple of occasions after RB jobs. If you're on your back under jacks and need to fiddle with the rack or inner suspension connections because of limited clearances then you'll need to have an alignment performed.
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