1993 Pickup 4wd single cab 22RE Manual 189,000 miles.

For a while I've noticed that my steering at high speeds feels sloppy and tends to wander a bit from side to side - especially when doing the occasional hauling. I thought maybe the idler arm bushing needed to be replaced but I didn't notice any up/down motion when turning the wheel. In fact, everything is nice and tight - no play in the tie rod ends either. I'm running a rather old (10+ years) Old Man Emu Steering stabilizer. I'm thinking I should start with that but any other things I should check?

Thanks,
JARED

 

It could be the steering stabilizer but you should check your steering coupler. It connects the steering column to the steering gearbox.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...g+coupler,7418
If it's worn the truck will wander at speed, requiring constant steering wheel input to keep the truck going straight.
My '78 was doing this and after I replaced this part, the truck goes straight with very little steering wheel input; almost steers like a new truck.
***EDIT - Forget to add that you might want to repost this in the '86 to 95 Trucks and 4Runners forum, since you say yours is a '93, so you can get some more responses from folks that might have actually come across this problem.

 

Thanks 13Swords. I'll look into the steering coupler - seems like a fairly inexpensive and easy part to replace.

Thanks!

JARED

 

Here's the part: https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...g+coupler,7418

For anyone else reading this with interest, the same parts was used on all pickups from 1975 to 1995. !996 and newer Tacomas use a sliding yoke with U-Joint type part.