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Steering wheel play

Discussion in '3rd Gen 4Runners (1996-2002)' started by steveo13016, Jun 30, 2018.

  1. Jun 30, 2018 at 8:36 PM
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    steveo13016

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    Anyone else have issues with their steering wheel play? I have to turn my wheel 1” either left or right before it actually starts to turn.. driving me nuts
     
    steveo13016, Jun 30, 2018
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  2. Feb 17, 2021 at 6:01 PM
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    4Banger98

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    Revised: Replaced my Rack/tie rods/bushings and everything else. I still have the much slack in the wheel which is annoying. I replaced the steering knuckle/coupler, but still Sucks!
     
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    4Banger98, Feb 17, 2021
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  3. Feb 18, 2021 at 6:33 AM
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    negusm

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    Did you see Timmy's Youtube videos on steering wheel play? There are a few fixes that are common for 3rd gens in reagrds to steering wheel slop and it's all in the steering column and not the rack.
     
    negusm, Feb 18, 2021
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  4. Feb 19, 2021 at 11:23 AM
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    Going to check it out now. "Timmy the Tool Man" I found. Thanks
     
    4Banger98, Feb 19, 2021
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  5. Feb 19, 2021 at 11:33 AM
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    Yeah, that's him. All his videos are great and like for 3rd gen Dummies. Every little step and procedure.
     
    negusm, Feb 19, 2021
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  6. Mar 5, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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    Surprisingly I had none of those problems in my column, but I did them anyway. For sure possible problems though.
     
    4Banger98, Mar 5, 2021
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