Adam OJ
SILVER Star
I have been chasing down looseness and clunking and popping in my steering since I bought my '99 15 months ago. So far I have replaced:
Lower ball joints (555)
Upper ball joints (SPC)
Axle shafts (OEM)
Axle Flanges (OEM)
Front Axle Bushings (poly)
Steering Rack Bushing (poly)
I now have inner and out tie rods (555 from Cruiser outfitters) as well as new wheel bearings (more preventative than anything) sitting on my bench waiting for install.
I jacked up the fronts tonight, with the intention of doing the power steering flush (didn't have the right size hose, so didn't get it done yet). So I took advantage of having the wheels in the air to check out the clunk. I took these videos of the noise looking at the tierod on the driver side and it looks like it has a lot of up and down movement. Still, the sound doesn't seem to be coming from the tierods.
Is it normal? is the rack dead? The rack was replaced by the prior owner at around 150k ( has 213k on it now). Was done by an independent Toyota shop, don't know if they used OEM or not.
Thank you in advance for any help!!
Lower ball joints (555)
Upper ball joints (SPC)
Axle shafts (OEM)
Axle Flanges (OEM)
Front Axle Bushings (poly)
Steering Rack Bushing (poly)
I now have inner and out tie rods (555 from Cruiser outfitters) as well as new wheel bearings (more preventative than anything) sitting on my bench waiting for install.
I jacked up the fronts tonight, with the intention of doing the power steering flush (didn't have the right size hose, so didn't get it done yet). So I took advantage of having the wheels in the air to check out the clunk. I took these videos of the noise looking at the tierod on the driver side and it looks like it has a lot of up and down movement. Still, the sound doesn't seem to be coming from the tierods.
Is it normal? is the rack dead? The rack was replaced by the prior owner at around 150k ( has 213k on it now). Was done by an independent Toyota shop, don't know if they used OEM or not.
Thank you in advance for any help!!