sloppy wondery steering

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Hi guys,

I'm a total new comer to toyota hilux's so i dont know to much about them.

What i do know is this.

My steering is frightningly awfull and its down to a worn ball joint which i am going to replace, as soon as i find out what its called. I'll decsride where it is and maybe one of you guys could put a name to the part.

Ok i've got a Kreg 2.4 d Hilux with pas - would a k reg be a mrk 3 ??

There is a little arm about 5 to 6 inchs long that comes out of the steering box and points down to the ground - attached to this arm via a very worn ball joint is another arm thats about a foot and a half long and pionts back towards the o/s/f hub.

What is that arm called ?

Any help would be really good !

Many thanks

Simon

[Greebo]

Hi guys,

I'm a total new comer to toyota hilux's so i dont know to much about them.

What i do know is this.

My steering is frightningly awfull and its down to a worn ball joint which i am going to replace, as soon as i find out what its called. I'll decsride where it is and maybe one of you guys could put a name to the part.

Ok i've got a Kreg 2.4 d Hilux with pas - would a k reg be a mrk 3 ??

There is a little arm about 5 to 6 inchs long that comes out of the steering box and points down to the ground - attached to this arm via a very worn ball joint is another arm thats about a foot and a half long and pionts back towards the o/s/f hub.

What is that arm called ?

Any help would be really good !

Many thanks

Simon

sounds like the idler arm or meybee the pitman arm.
see if you can find it on the pic.

[winnybob]

Greebo....do yo have any pics from your manual of the upper and lower ball joints & removale hints...etc..
I got te upper off without too much difficulty. The Lower is proving to be a B*****d..any pics would be apprecited.

cheer