Recent content by chris in ky

See, that's what I thought too maybe the ball joints but the shops said they were fine. I'm almost thinking it's something in the steering column at this point.

I had the same problem on my '06. I ended up replacing all four calipers and no problems since. The fluid has to be thoroughly purged out of all four corners and the calipers MUST be bench bled.

I have a 2006 V6 4wd with roughly 225k miles. Last year I brought it in to a shop for a stiff steering issue and long story short they changed the rack, both front axles (boots torn) and the intermediate shaft. None of those were particularly bad so a total waste if money. The fluid was...

I've had a 'pre owned' Xenon Depot kit in my '06 now for about four years. The color is very slightly blue, not as bright as a modern LED cars but acceptable...certainly better than incandescent. Mine had an issue with the lens being cloudy so I bought a used one off ebay and it was a huge...

I have an '06 and use HID's, seems you can't get those much anymore. Any LED bulbs work well enough now?

I finally got the truck back, they did everything in their power to fix the stiffness but it's still there. Fluid was flushed multiple times, new rack and intermediate shaft. It truly is a shocking difference between my 2010 Sienna and this, I have to manually turn the steering wheel back to...

I finally got the truck back, he showed me the new vs ones installed and it looks like the shafts are prone to heavy surface rust as they are bare metal. He put the new ones on so that's done.

The rust feels pretty rough, like my original did. I had to ask the manager if they popped off the old joints and reused the shaft but he was really insistent. This whole thing is a nightmare, the steering still isn't fixed.

Here's the pic I meant to post first.

Shop swears up and down these axleshafts are 'new' but another shop said there's no way. Note the rust and brown color of the outer boot.

As I mentioned the intermediate shaft is new, so that's out. They tried to tell me the original could be 'freed up' but I insisted on a new one. The shop is doing all the work, like heck if I'm going to purge it myself after spending all this money. He suggested I top up the reservoir and...

I've come to the conclusion they don't know how to fix this, third rack and multiple attempts to fix what was just supposed to be a stiff intermediate shaft.

Ok wow, you guys aren't gonna believe this. I checked the reservoir and not only is it mostly empty but there is this light pink strawberry milkshake/pepto bismol substance in there. I put some on the plastic housing lip and it's definitely not aeration, some sort of contaminant. I'd post a...

It honestly feels like it has half the steering assist of my 2010 Sienna. I jacked both up off the ground and compared, the Sienna can be steered with one finger, the 4runner takes a lot more effort.

I'm at my wits end. Last year my '06's steering started sticking a little, making it dicey driving down skinny roads here in KY. Long story short, it's been to two shops, steering rack replaced twice and intermediate shaft is new. Both shops state ball joints are fine, it still wants to stay...