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Originally Posted by COhailtr4
So I had the steering rack replaced. Now I’m hearing what sounds like marbles or not sure how to describe it. Am I right to think this is the shaft that has gone bad?
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It's probably the U-joints in the lower intermediate steering shaft. It's pretty exposed to road/trail goop there and it starts to swell up due to corrosion. It's just amazing how much this one repair can improve/lighten the car's steering. I would most definitely use an OE part but any halfway decent mechanic should be able to swap it in no problemo. I guess you could do it yourself but as I recall when I brought the local mechanic an OE Toyota part they only charged me $75 to put it in ... steering improvement was amazing.