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Originally Posted by workingdog
So I'm not sure I'm following the fix. If the tie rod ends were new, what effect would screwing them all the way in have? And how is that related to the drag link?
Peter
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The drag link ends are spring loaded. It is a frequent source of slop. By tightening down on the compression screw, you are increasing the spring preload on the drag link end. Toyota's spec for adequately tight results in slop. Much better to tighten down all the way and back off about 1 turn.
Notice on the 80 series wagons the steering is basically the same and they did away with that goofy spring loading in the drag link ends. Much better in my opinion.
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