Mine's a little lower pitch, but yes very similar.
I noticed it starting again last night. I may try to full pull the boot back and grease it, rather than trying to just shoot a bit into the area. I'll take a few photos and let you know how it goes
2009 LC- Steering Wheel Whine?
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I noticed it starting again last night. I may try to full pull the boot back and grease it, rather than trying to just shoot a bit into the area. I'll take a few photos and let you know how it goes
Ok so this is the boot. You can slide it upwards quite a bit from the bottom but it appears to fit down into the firewall. Rather than grease from the bottom this time I shot a bunch of silicone grease in at the top of the boot. There's a little hole in the plastic panel which makes it fairly easy to spray grease like that if your bottle has a little red wd-40-style tube.
That seemed to quiet things down for now. If it persists I'm going to look for a replacement boot/clamp or something online before I take it apart to stuff it full of grease, since that metal clip looks like something I won't be able to re-secure once I pull it off to get inside
That seemed to quiet things down for now. If it persists I'm going to look for a replacement boot/clamp or something online before I take it apart to stuff it full of grease, since that metal clip looks like something I won't be able to re-secure once I pull it off to get inside
Anyone happen to know the part # for the boot and/or if just swapping that is going to remove the noise? Mine seems to come back every 1000 miles or so. A quick spray of silicone lube shuts it up for a bit and then it returns.
Edit: seems to be this part, which is about $65 - 45025-60190 - Genuine Toyota COVER SUB-ASSY, STEERING COLUMN HOLE.
The FSM makes it sound like removing the steering column is required so I'm guessing this is going to be a labor-intensive fix
Edit: seems to be this part, which is about $65 - 45025-60190 - Genuine Toyota COVER SUB-ASSY, STEERING COLUMN HOLE.
The FSM makes it sound like removing the steering column is required so I'm guessing this is going to be a labor-intensive fix
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found this video pretty interesting, apparently this is an issue on a few yota models.
Sounds promising. Mine only seems to happen in the cold winter months, good info, thanks for posting.
Now that the cold months are upon us, my steering wheel is making that same moaning sound upon turning slowly in parking lot.
Did you ever find a long term fix to this? Or is the solution just to spray a copious amount of silicone grease behind the boot every few months?
No I don’t have a long term fix. I just turn up the stereo. Ir annoys me but I’m not over bothered except when I have someone new in the truck and they give me a weird look.