Steering Column Rattle TSB

I'm Scheduled to have mine done tomorrow morning. I'll keep you posted...

 

Here are some pics of the new shaft:

 

Looks like we shouldn't put away the zip-ties just yet....

 

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finally i need this done

 

Agree'd, to the naked eye they look the same. It does feel much better though. I took the truck on the same washboard dirt road as before and the vibration was almost non existent. The remaining vibration may be from my tires or suspension, who knows. Guess I'll give it 100 miles or so before another for Toyota.

 

Yeah, it appears they just kept the same design and reduced the clearance between the rubber damper and the shaft. Guess we will see....

 

Hmm, I'll throw this on the list of TSB's to get done when I bring my truck in for the pre- bought scratch fix, aal tsb, and now this lol... All before 1k mi

 

All I see is that they added a thin bushing to reduce the slop between the lower shaft tip and the u-joint lower yoke.

That'll reduce deflection, but I wonder how long it'll last before it cracks out.

It looks like plastic. Can you tell if it's plastic or metal?

 

That's actually no different then the current bushing. They appear to be made from viton. Just looks liek they decreased the clearance.

 

No, that's the donut. I mean this thing, which appears to be nylon in the photo:


Now if the hole in the rubber (viton?) donut has been reduced, then they may also have incorporated a stiffer rubber there, which would definately help.

 

The green thing you are pointing at is what I am talking about. That is a viton rubber sleeve. That is the joint where the problem is. I suspect by looking at the pictures that they reduced the clearance at that joint.

 

still waiting in canada its like the rear leafs canaidians were getting it done but you americans were having a hard time getting it done now you guys are getting the steering collum done and were getting the i havent heard about that.i cant believe this crap we live on the same continent whats with toyota im sure they talk to each other whats going on, id like to get this fixed, i guess ill phone toyota personaly

 

I have been informed by my dealership that the replacement part is on national backorder.

 

Same thing they told me and the part arrived the next day.

 

That is as funny as it is bizarre.

 

Got mine done today. So far so good. I am going to take a look at it tonight.

 

Got it done on Monday, rattle is gone, definately a big improvement!

Denis

 

OK, an improvement how?

The rattle is gone, so...

Is the "rubbery" feel gone from the steering? Does it feel more direct and accurate on the freeway?

Less tendency to wander?

Anything else?