My '04 Tacoma has recently developed a cluck when I'm turning. It is most noticeable when I turn one direction and a short time later turn the opposite direction.
I took the truck by an alignment shop today and they showed me how the rack and pinion was shifting around. They checked into the cost of new bushings and found out that the driver's side is non-serviceable. The cost of putting in a new rack and pinion: about $1300.
I've set up an appointment for tomorrow with the stealership to see if there's a chance of having it repaired under warrantee.
When I got home, I started thinking about it and decided for the heck of it to check the bolts. The bolt holding in the driver's side bushing was loose. I tightened it up a bit (I don't have a torque wrench handy and don't know what it should be anyway). After snugging it down a bit, the noice has gone away.
So after all this, my question is: Would I be safe to make sure everything is torqued down properly? I concerned about possible existing damage to the bushings and I'd rather not just be postponing the replacement of the rack and pinion. Oh yeah, my other concern, I'm taking off for a week in Moab in two weeks, and then heading to California. I'd really rather not run in to major problems in Moab.
thanks
I took the truck by an alignment shop today and they showed me how the rack and pinion was shifting around. They checked into the cost of new bushings and found out that the driver's side is non-serviceable. The cost of putting in a new rack and pinion: about $1300.
I've set up an appointment for tomorrow with the stealership to see if there's a chance of having it repaired under warrantee.
When I got home, I started thinking about it and decided for the heck of it to check the bolts. The bolt holding in the driver's side bushing was loose. I tightened it up a bit (I don't have a torque wrench handy and don't know what it should be anyway). After snugging it down a bit, the noice has gone away.
So after all this, my question is: Would I be safe to make sure everything is torqued down properly? I concerned about possible existing damage to the bushings and I'd rather not just be postponing the replacement of the rack and pinion. Oh yeah, my other concern, I'm taking off for a week in Moab in two weeks, and then heading to California. I'd really rather not run in to major problems in Moab.
thanks