play along idler arm in steering box

pwpatton

I have a 97 ezgo gas txt and I am trying to tighten up the steering. I've narrowed it down to play along the idler arm shaft (18 ). The bolt (22) and the 2 washers (23, 24) seem fine but the thrust washer (24) is not thick enough to allow the bolt to tighten up the idler arm.

The only 2 options I can think of are
1. to replace the flanged bearing (15) hoping that it's somehow contributing to the play.
2. add a thin thrust washer as a shim or find a thicker replacement (24).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Certifiedcajun78

I have a 96 txt that was doing the same thing. I did what you mentioned above by changing the bushing and i did add 2 thin shims it helped a little bit but i think all my play is in #30 tha shaft its self did you ever get your fixed

monterx7

i have the same exact issue…seem to have play in the same spot. did you get it figured out? where are you buying the parts from?


thanks for any info you can provide

Certifiedcajun78

I fixed mine this week i have ordered a whole new steering assembly from Amazon for under $250 now my steering is nice and tight

rib33024

Most of the time the bad parts are #30 and #38, is there teeth missing on #30? have you taken the steering box apart, and it could be #18 or #21. Gornoman has a thread about this, use the search to find it