So I am one of those who occasionally likes to drive with the old knee, unfortunately a few days ago I started to notice that when I push up on my steering wheel it now actually moves up about a quarter inch. It is not just the steering wheel but that entire unit, the one that moves when you adjust the steering wheel to your liking. Even while the unit and steering wheel are in motion there is still that small amount of play in it that allows it to jerk up and down that small amount. It also of course moves when I am making full rotations with my steering wheel which is beginning to become difficult.

As always thank you to anyone who feels like giving advice...

 

Bump..........

 

bumping it again...

 

it sounds like the bolts securing it the steering assembly (under the dash came loose) get under the dash and look/feel for it

check here post # 8 https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...ering-ecu.html this should give u a idea and if u wanna search for the other thread i refer to in that thread by all mean go for it. im fixing to leave work or i would link it (if i could find it)

 

Thanks sakataj I will check this out over the weekend, great article by the way, I do sales and low-balling is a mockery!

 

cool although i would honestly think this is your issue the bolts may have vibrated loose or something, snap a pic while u down there so we can SHOW other members this bracket please

it really is...i do sales also (sorta) i do alot in my personal life and people are seriously ridiculous. when i buy something i very rarely ***** and haggle over prices. i mean come on whats $10-20 in the long run....? i WASTE 10-20 atleast daily on something so im not gonna sweat someone it,is it worth NOT getting the part over that little bit of $? Not normally, now $50-100 over and i will haggle with you

 

Sakataj thanks for your help on all 3 threads, you are clearly quite knowledgeable. I will post a step by step tutorial of troubleshooting this in case anyone else sees it again. 183K is high mileage so it might be a rare issue.

Good luck with haggling and remember laughing at ridiculous offers is a deterrent so keep it up!

 

so did this turn out to be your issue?

 

I just bought a '00 GS400 last week and notice mine does this too. The steering wheel moves up slightly if kneed after it lowers into position. Could be 'play' in the retracting mechanism maybe. I haven't looked into it yet. Still getting used to the car but curious if af1c331 has found anything.

 

From the stationary position if you turn your wheel 90 degrees to the left and right you will see 2 screw revealed that both need to be taken out. The final screw is underneath the steering wheel in plain sight. Once these are out tighten the bolt shown in the picture to stop your steering wheel from shimmying around.

 

Nice.......

 

is this bolt that you can hand tighten directly under the column? wondering if this applies for my 98-00 ls400..