d.richey Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I like tighter steering and while I found one Toy with little play in the steering it is gone now and the next one I tried had an annoying amount. Is this something that I can modify or are each just very different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geysergazers Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 If you mean Steering Wheel Freeplay, these are conventional steering gearboxes (not rack-and-pinion?), so the Steering Sector Shaft has provision for vertical adjustment to set the correct [nearly zero-with the Steering centered] lash between it and the Worm Gear. Lew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bufbooth Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I have not looked into the steering on my 1990 Toyota, but I used to own a 1986 Toyota half ton pickup truck and it had a steering box located in the engine compartment that had an adjustment bolt on it that would allow the steering to be a little tighter or looser. The is a lot of reasons why steering can be a bit loose, one is that the gears in the steering gear box are worn out, another is the front end needs some work (alignment, ball joints, ect). Also on my 1986 pickup, there was two (or two on each side) stablizer bars that connected to the front wheel via a bolt that was about a 1/4 wide and 4 inches long, surround by rubber washers. In the 15 years that I owned the truck, I had to replace these bolts twice due to them rusting out. They were easy to replace, basically getting the new bolts/washers from a Totota dealer and then dropping them in place. I do not recall having any steering problems at the time, I realized the missing bolt while changing the oil, and my truck rarely carried a load, so the missing bolt under a load might translater to loose steering. Just a thought. Dennis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Does it have a steering stabilizer? If it does check to see if it is leaking and stopped functioning. If it does not have one, adding one will tighten up the steering A LOT... http://www.thepartsbin.com/sitemap/toyota~...mper~parts.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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