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'96 LS400 steering wheel tilt motor is inop and mechanic says it needs to be replaced. The assy which includes the tilt motor is quoted at $690 plus tax...no mention of rebuilding/repairing the motor. This makes the replacement cost close to $1100. Are motors available without the assy? I love the car and would like to keep it in good condition! Any suggestions?

BOOGEYMAN4

Have you tried adding a washer to the crank inside the motor?


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billydpowe

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I see you have 11 post, have you learned to search???

here is some help: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc-...ng-repair.html

bauceLS400

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same thing happened to me, but it would only work sometimes. i just set it to my preferred height and will probably never change it again.

billydpowe

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why, A garden hose washer will fix it in 15 minutes....
I have repaired several of them for my family members.
Kmart has them 10 for 28 cents.

bauceLS400

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Thanks for the heads up. I'll definitely look into this.

fthful

mine works intermittently. Took the gear out, same results. Ideas?

mspearl95

what year? the motors can start binding after so much use. I think they can be taken out and cleaned tho. my telescope motor keeps quitting; as soon as I have some time, I'm going to take it out and see if I can free it up. Also, I guess on the 95s, the tilt wiring harness was just a little too short, which could potentially cause a bad connection.

OsLS400

YODAONE

Rock Auto sells replacement plastic tilt motor plastic gear....

shimming is recommended to center new gear with worm drive.

Use correct Toyota yellow "body grease" .

Expensive grease but is compatible with plastic...

Be sure to use

Scraape

ziptie does the trick for the older design. The motor is usually completely fine, the plastic teeth being stripped seems to usually be the problem

spuds

Here is one source for the gear on ebay made by motorking

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-95-1997...-/350523591464

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jaaa

I had bad motors on mine when I bought it at 217k miles. It would barely move for a second if the car was very cold, and not move at all if hot. I searched all over for aftermarket motors and couldn't find any. If it isn't a washer problem, the motors are probably worn out. I took one apart to see if I could clean it, but no joy. I finally found a fairly low mileage donor car at a pick/pull and pulled both motors and fixed both sides.