Tilt/Telescopic Steering Column Problem

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Jan 4, 2007 | 05:45 PM

ds642

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Tilt/Telescopic Steering Column Problem

I have a 99 GS400 steering wheel that telescopes out, but will not raise up. Lexus dealer wants $1500 and Toyota wants $1100. Is there any way not to replace steering column gear asseembly?

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Duane in Chicago Area

Jan 24, 2007 | 02:32 PM

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Junkyard, thats where Im gonna get mine. I guess its a common problem

Feb 1, 2007 | 05:08 AM

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Diy

There is a good DIY here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ght=tilt+motor

Scroll down to post #12 and follow instructions

I followed the instructions in this post and and got my tilt wheel function working again and spent just a few dollars on grease.

Feb 1, 2007 | 11:17 PM

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as said, you should try to grease up the motor before replacing the whole thing. Then again, the motor contacts might be worn out by now.

Feb 10, 2007 | 05:31 PM

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I just disconnected mine...i dont care for that fuction.

Feb 10, 2007 | 07:48 PM

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do u hear the motor run when u press the button?

if not salvage yard is ur best bet.

Feb 11, 2007 | 01:53 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JLAM

I just disconnected mine...i dont care for that fuction.

Is there an easy way to do this or is it a C-best setting? Mine is working fine (for now), but I really don't care for the function one way or the other and I'd rather give it a rest than have it break on me.

EDIT: I just read the thread posted above. I think I may have the dealer disable this feature when I have my 90k done. I am the only person who drives my car, and I have no problem getting in and out with the steering wheel in its desired position. As long as I can still move it up and down with the joystick, and as long as it still moves with the memory settings, that's good enough for me. I never use my steering wheel as leverage to get in or out of the car, but it would really suckola if one or both of the motors took a crap on me.

Last edited by e-man; Feb 11, 2007 at 02:01 PM.

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Feb 13, 2007 | 06:29 AM

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Replace the motor Brushes

I bet thet the brushes in the motors would wear down before the motors actually failed. Even though when I cleaned out all the brush dust I did not change out the brushes in the motors but they could be replaced. Mine looked to be less than 50% worn (a guess since I did not see the brushes in their new condition). It looked that the motor did not have good contact because of the dust, not because of lack of grease or because of a bad motor. I bet that you could find replacement brushes at a Radio Shack. If and when my tilt steering goes out again I will just look to replace the motor brushes along with doing every thing else I did in the DIY. But I do not expect to have to this within the next 4 years and My tilt motor is used probably 18-24 times on the average day.