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Dec 13, 2010 | 06:57 PM

charris

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Tilt steering question

Since the weather is getting cold, my auto tilt function on the steering wheel is not working. At times it tilts properly and can be adjusted. Most times, it will only telescope in and out. When the tilt button is pressed up or down it "clicks" but does not move.

Anyone else had this happen? Could it be a bad solder joint on the switch?

Dec 13, 2010 | 07:59 PM

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It's more likely worn teeth on a plastic sprocket which can be repositioned with a plastic washer so that the lessor worn teeth line up better with the teeth on the other sprocket. I've seen more threads about this on the LS forum and there are videos on Youtube on how to fix it.

Dec 13, 2010 | 08:16 PM

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I would agree, prob a slipping gear because of clicking.

Dec 14, 2010 | 04:06 AM

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Its not a slipping gear sound. The click sounds like just the click of the switch. Its just 1 click.
Still think it might be the gear?

Dec 14, 2010 | 07:52 AM

AshburnM3

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over the summer i cleaned and grease up the worm gear, since then its been back to normal, thanks to the how to thread in here.

Dec 14, 2010 | 08:53 AM

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Yeah, remove the shell under the steering wheel and lube the whole mechanism (It's pretty obvious what parts need to be lubed) after doing this it should work fine. I've done mine a few times. Do a search actually I think it was posted in the sc300 section, but a quick search will locate the thread. Hope this helps.

Dec 14, 2010 | 12:47 PM

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I'll try it thanks.
Funny thing is, after a couple of hours and it warms up, the damn thing starts working again. It did this today.

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Dec 15, 2010 | 03:58 AM

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Exactly!
Will do. I hope to get to it this weekend

Dec 15, 2010 | 04:29 PM

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I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! however, i found that a quick slap to the bottom of the steering column fixed it. ha ! next i will try the lube... more lube!