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toad · 09-08-2020, 10:12 PM

Sorry for the late response. It's been a BUSY couple of weeks! Anyways, the culprit was determined to be a 'bad rack and pinion'. He showed me a video he shot with his phone and you could see the shaft was just wobbling inside the cylinder. The old piece was going to need to be shipped to the reconditioner as hey don't have the part available from their suppliers. All said and done, it was going to cost me over a grand to get it fixed and I decided it was time to just cut my losses and go car shopping.

I ended up buying a 2020 Tacoma as I've had one in the past and I LOVED it. Also, with the 6ft bed I can just toss the kayaks in the back instead of spending 20 minutes strapping them to the top of my car. I've still got the Echo because I just can't let it go. It IS a great car!

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09-08-2020, 10:12 PM	#9
toad Drives: street-legal go-kart Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: bowser's castle Posts: 627	Sorry for the late response. It's been a BUSY couple of weeks! Anyways, the culprit was determined to be a 'bad rack and pinion'. He showed me a video he shot with his phone and you could see the shaft was just wobbling inside the cylinder. The old piece was going to need to be shipped to the reconditioner as hey don't have the part available from their suppliers. All said and done, it was going to cost me over a grand to get it fixed and I decided it was time to just cut my losses and go car shopping. I ended up buying a 2020 Tacoma as I've had one in the past and I LOVED it. Also, with the 6ft bed I can just toss the kayaks in the back instead of spending 20 minutes strapping them to the top of my car. I've still got the Echo because I just can't let it go. It IS a great car!