Steering Play Fix

Hey My Tacoma Brothers and Sisters,

My buddy Sean and I have another video for you.

If you've been trying to diagnose the cause of play in your steering and have run into a dead end figuring it out. It might be play in the main steering shaft. This video documents a well known fix for this problem.

Here's the video and Enjoy the Show!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/xsOptgpfshg

 

Timmy, No-Shave November ended over a week ago...

Also to make this relevant, I also noticed wandering on the interstate at high speed. I need to do this fix, but I'm thinking of mixing up some JB quik weld and smooshing a bunch of it in between the two shafts.

Glad you're demonstrating the "easier" method. I had a hard time parsing it from that forum post you referenced and vidjeos are always better.

 

I'm going to keep the porn stache for a while this time. Let me know how the JB weld works.

 

Well done!! One thing that I might point out to those who are concerned that you are defeating a safety feature is that the Y yoke that goes around the two part ball and is secured by the 6 mil hex bolts, is all being held by the structural part of the dash, (the tube that runs across the entire dash area, and to which all of the components are attached). Tack welds will surely fail before that mass of metal. IMO

 

Did this 6 months ago, eliminated the shimmy feeling in the wheel. Highly recommended. My friend did 4 tac welds to make sure it stays put.

 

That's a good point. In the video, I felt the need to tell people they are potentially defeating the safety feature just so they can't claim I suggested a modification that could jeopardize their safety. I pretty much agree with you that those tack welds are going to give way before other areas of the dash will.

 

Yup, best mod I have ever done! Did mine earlier this year following the shortcut method found on TTORA. Took me longer to get the tack welds than to take out & replace the steering column assy. I had 3 tack welds put on with a tig, every other flat.

And to the person asking about JB Weld, don't bother. A few people have already tried it & all have failed pretty much right away. If you don't have a means to get it welded, the roll pin method works too.