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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
     
  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!
     
    Last edited: Feb 19, 2021
  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.
     
  4. Feb 19, 2021 at 11:23 AM
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    4Banger98

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    Going to check it out now. "Timmy the Tool Man" I found. Thanks
     
  5. Feb 19, 2021 at 11:33 AM
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    negusm

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    Yeah, that's him. All his videos are great and like for 3rd gen Dummies. Every little step and procedure.
     
  6. Mar 5, 2021 at 3:22 PM
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    4Banger98

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    Surprisingly I had none of those problems in my column, but I did them anyway. For sure possible problems though.
     

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