2nd Gen Tacoma Prerunner HARD steering at standstill

SO.. there is one thing I haven’t tried yet and didn’t think about. The screen in the remote reservoir. I’m going to clean this sucker up and let you guys know! I don’t got anything better to do while waiting for a rack.

 

Just kidding screen is clean as a whistle.. gunna go grab the rack and pinion now.

 

That's going to be a crappy job, but at least you have it narrowed down. Good luck.

 

Yeah I put off changing it for the time being. Set up an appointment with a good mechanic to completely flush the system again coming from his pressurized gun. Also he’s going to throw a pressure gauge on there and try and diagnose if it’s a pressure issue before I decide whether or not I want to change the rack and Pinion.

 

Welp everyone. New rack and the steering is brand new!

 

I’m having the same issue with my 2015, there are hard spots when turning and when it’s cold it’s like there’s no power steering at all