Hi all,

Its been a while since I posted but about a year and half ago I picked up a 2004 LS. The car is fantastic, but it has a few things that bother me. The biggest thing being some play and clicking in the steering wheel. This only happens when I turn the wheel to the right. Going to the left seems fine. Also when driving on gravel or uneven pavement, the steering wheels has some movement and shakes. This happens while parked or moving.

Has anybody have this issue before? I'm thinking it has to do with the right front suspension but I'm not sure which part.

Here is a link to a video I made, the first few seconds I'm going left which seem fine, and the remainder is going right.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...122_123830.mp4

Any help or ideas would be appreciated!

 

If your steering wheel has excessive free-play...



Otherwise, let's start with this...

 

Looks like steering wheel free play would be hard to measure.

1.18"? Yeah good luck with that.

 

I just asked my tech about this on my Highlander. Said it was prolly the midshaft on the steerring column? Not sure if this applys to the LS. Told me it was not a hiuge job whatever that means I have a platinum warrantee I got handed after I signed the line on the title for the HL off Craigslist so I will prolly get it done. Just an annoying gentle clunk at just the right speed.