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Long story short - fixed. It was a cat-and-mouse combination of the steering rack and power steering pump. Now reluctantly up for sale. Thanks to everyone for the help and input.

First of all - thanks for chiming in and trying to help. The first rack (to replace the original) was a refurb that the garage arranged in 2018. Therefore, I can only trust it was adequately handled. As of this month, it has now been replaced with a second hand rack from eBay. Obviously this...

@Shayne the first rack was a refurb and lasted around 3 years. The second that's just been put in was second hand but confirmed by the garage as "good condition" prior to being fitted. Following that - as per my original post - the problem seemed to be fixed until the day after when I put 100...

@Zmayski - thanks for the comment, link, and advice. I share your disappointment. More frustrating is that it's been a different garage for each of the two failures. I'm going to try the low-hanging fruit and then search for a reputable 4x4/Land Cruiser specialist in the North-East. Depending...

I'll give that a try first. Cheers!

I'm experiencing a very similar problem for the second time. KDJ120 LC4 2003. 3 years ago when the problem began I was advised it was a pump failure. I had the pump replaced and it made no difference. A different garage said it was the rack. So I replaced that (with a refurb) and it seemed to...