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my home page ranks 2 on google
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For what phrase? How many phrases is it not ranking #2 for? Ranking isn't really what you're looking for. It's traffic and even more targeted traffic. Every unique page on the web ranks #1 for something. Are you happy with the traffic the home page gets? If the answer is no then stop worrying about ranking #2 for some phrase. Don't get hung up on the rank of one page for a phrase or two.
It wouldn't be ranking #2 because of subordinate pages. More likely the phrase in question isn't that competitive and if you keep the page title as is, you'll probably still rank well for the same phrase.
Also checking Google for inbound links is kind of pointless. Unless you mean through webmaster tools. With a link: search Google never shows all the links they know about. Yahoo has always shown more, though that may go away with the new deal with Microsoft.
I'd have to see the page and know the phrase you're talking about, but my guess is if manufacturer is #1 and you're #2 without any link building it will be easy to maintain the #2 rank. Again though, rank by itself is meaningless. Ranking well is not the goal. Selling products is the goal. If you sold more by ranking #7 would you want to change things to go back to ranking #2?
If the page isn't working now the way you want, then it's probably a good idea to redo it. You could always save the current page too and if the new one ends up doing worse you can put the page back.