Steering wheel fell off...

if it weeds out road raging lunatics
I am all for it

 

What did your buddy do prior to the steering wheel coming apart?

Beat the crap out of it?

 

Honestly I have no idea, his truck is an 05. He said he was adjusting it and as he pulled it out it just separated and fell apart.

 

That's reassuring. I guess if you put too much on it adjusting it, the whole thing can come out. I could see it happening with the cheap tin clip and nylon spacer in there.

 

Where did op go? Would like to know if he bought the truck new.

 

Maybe the OP tried to fix the wheel himself and fired the airbag?

 

Dealing with the steering column/ wheel drop issue with my 05 taco... I have searched and searched how to fix this to no avail. So I just joined your guys’ forum about five minutes ago, then Ran outside to take pics and a video ( I apologize in advance of the quality) of what I’m talking about with the steering wheel falling down into my lap. First happened when I got a bump, and a metal tab fell on my floor board. When pushing the wheel all the way in and lifting and sliding back it will go back in place. But it’s sketchy at best... I’ll try and figure out how to post the video explaining it

 

This gone be good!

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=dMcLWNm6m20
This is the best I could do, couldn’t get the video to save or post on here. So I had to create an account with YouTube then upload my video there so I could somehow share it here

 

Welcome, also ​

 

Jesus Cole, clean your shit

 

Sorry for the duplicate pictures. I’m learning this forum stuff on the run.. anyway, does anybody have any ideas on how the Column mounts to the underside of the dash ? Any help or Leads would be appreciated

 

What can I say, it gets used as a pickup should ... there’s a reason I yanked the carpet and hurculiner’d the floor boards. Makes it easy to clean up when it’s not the mud season in western oregon

 

Look carefully at the components and then the Installation pages below!

Components: http://www.customtacos.com/tech.old...6toyrm/06toypdf/06rmsrc/rm2006ta/04400210.pdf

Installation: https://www.customtacos.com/tech.ol.../06toyrm/06toypdf/06rmsrc/rm2006ta/044002.pdf

Disassembly: http://www.customtacos.com/tech.old.../06toyrm/06toypdf/06rmsrc/rm2006ta/044000.pdf

Assembly: http://www.customtacos.com/tech.old.../06toyrm/06toypdf/06rmsrc/rm2006ta/044001.pdf

 

It looks like the plastic clips are broken that holds the piece that fell out. That is what prevents the over travel and coming apart of the column.

 

Would you possibly know what those clips are called or where to find them ? I’ve searched through Toyota parts’ online diagram and couldn’t find those clips listed. I don’t want to have to buy a new column for just the clips... Toyota pickings at junk yards are pretty slim in this area

 

I got nothing either. Go to the dealer parts counter they should be able to at least get you a part number.

 

Definitely just has the same thing happen to me on my 08 Tacoma when adjusting the steering wheel. Was sitting in my driveway when it happened.

 

Read the title, here's what I imagined at 6:15. Or watch the whole thing for a good laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6WTYP8wBSU&list=PLF245B786890C0D03&index=21&t=29s

 

Damn note to self don’t adjust my steering wheel ever