Ok fine

I have owned my 2009 Tacoma off road TRD for 6 years. She has 207k miles on her and runs great. The steering gets stiff from time to time and I usually spray chain and cable lube down the steering shaft so it runs down the shaft onto the u-joint. It helps loosen up the steering but if I were to replace the u joint does the entire steering shaft and steering wheel have to be removed to do so?

 

Huh, thats weird. U Joints are internally lubricated, so spraying them on the outside shouldn't have much of an effect. In theory, anyway.

i think you can just replace the shaft between the steering rack and the wheel.

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Its common and worth the replacement. Just do it.

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I spray it and move the wheel back in forth cable n chain lib is a penetrating lube so maybe that’s why it works idk but it’s only a temporary fix. And thank you!

 

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Thank you! I have Only been reading threads on this page for 6 years lol finally decided to become a member.

 

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Welcome! I think most of us lurked a while before joining; I certainly did. I think that really speaks to the good community here.

 

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I believe what you are looking for is the steering intermediate shaft. The steering wheel can stay on to install it.

Examples of DIY below

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...steering-shaft-replacement-and-review.544954/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/lazy-mans-guide-to-the-replacing-the-intermediate-shaft.671990/