Removing Steering Play

I bought a 2004 DC with 259,000 miles last summer. This spring I replaced and upgraded my suspension including: LBJ’s, UBJ’s, LCA’s, sway bar links, tie end rods, polyurethane steering rack bushing, upgraded to Beilstein 5100 with OME 2885 in the front & 5100’s in the rear, and put on some 33” open country AT3’s 255/80R17.

Everything done this far has significantly improved my steering & stability. But when I get off road onto a dirt National Forest service road my steering wheel rattles intensely. I found this YouTube solution for a Tacoma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_AsS2Km9rE&t=372s which I believe it the same problem that I have.

After a few hours of struggling I finally got my entire upper steering assembly out of the truck only to not be able to remove the part that I intended to tack weld. I believe there’s a solution here I just couldn’t find it myself. Anyone else have luck separating the collapsible part of the steering linkage to tack weld?

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...-gen-tundra-today.2558/page-2309#post-3884253

Note unless your year and cab type matches, the part number provided may not resolve your issue, but the symptoms you're sharing sound like they match his well.

 

Thank you Shifty! I’ll definitely read up on that! Also this was my first post, was this the correct forum or was there a better one for this content?

 

This is a good place for this post. There's a place to introce yourself as the fng at the top of the forums as well.