First gen. steering wheel play

One of the best low buck mods you can make on these trucks!!

 

Still have to do this, especially now that I’ve purchased a welder and have been refining my skills. Subed as a reminder.

 

I saw somewhere where someone talked about this. It was the collapse point in the steering column. It was held by a pin or something that allowed for the play between the upper tube going to the steering wheel and the lower part going down to the joints. They fixed it by putting a spot weld on the collapse point with the hope that it would still be weak enough to collapse down in the event of a collision.

Sorry the post is pretty vague, but I'll see if I can re-find the info I'm referencing.

 

This is the thing I'm talking about: check post #42 on the follow up to the OP here...

Here's the TW discussion that brought this up:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sloppy-steering-column-fix.502851/

 

Yeah thats what I did, fixed the problems!

 

And post #99 makes it a breeze. I did it in less than an hour. Most time spend to find my needle nose vice grip.