raider99 Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 The steering wheel telescopes in/out perfectly but the motor sounds very odd when i push button to move wheel down. it is stuck in the highest position. I went to garage and he says i need to replace the motor. He said it would be very expensive and he could try to find a used one. It seems odd to me that the motor needs to be replaced since 'a' motor is working fine for in/out telescope. It just seems odd that the wheel would have a different motor for up/down and in/out. Does this make sense? Any help would be great!! PF
jtbel Posted October 15, 2009 Posted October 15, 2009 Hello, this is no problem at all! I just had the same thing happen to my car ('97 LS400). There is a thread called Precedure/pictures to fix steering column gear. (They spelled procedure wrong) It took me about 10-15 minutes to fix. I put a little bit of grease on the gear before I put it back in. The key element here is adding the shim to bring the gear out a little to get better contact with the turning screw. Good luck!
raider99 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Posted October 15, 2009 amazing. i can't wait to try this. saving myself $500 or so would be huge. i guess the shim refers to simply creatively making something that will work.
Larry W Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 The steering wheel telescopes in/out perfectly but the motor sounds very odd when i push button to move wheel down. it is stuck in the highest position. I went to garage and he says i need to replace the motor. He said it would be very expensive and he could try to find a used one. It seems odd to me that the motor needs to be replaced since 'a' motor is working fine for in/out telescope. It just seems odd that the wheel would have a different motor for up/down and in/out. Does this make sense? Any help would be great!! PF I just repaired my steering wheel after 8 months in the up position (how annoying). Took my 13 year old son about 25 minutes to repair (with my overseeing). On the 94 LS (like mine) there is a hidden screen that can only be seen by turning the steering wheel to expose it. Cleaned out the pieces of the spacer and installed a "garden hose washer" behind the gear. It should last forever (hopefully) and it only cost 10 cents at the hardware store. The local Lexus dealer wanted $250 to "try" and rebuild the unit...WOW! After talking to a few LS owners this price can be as high as $500.00! Look for the tutoral in the repair section. Great pictures and EZ to do! Any day you don't have to visit the dealer is a good day! Good luck!
Montae276 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 I need to know how to get the directions to fix it from
billydpowell Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 I need to know how to get the directions to fix it from just do like the man said... search: Precedure/pictures to fix steering column gear.
jaswood Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 The steering wheel telescopes in/out perfectly but the motor sounds very odd when i push button to move wheel down. it is stuck in the highest position. I went to garage and he says i need to replace the motor. He said it would be very expensive and he could try to find a used one. It seems odd to me that the motor needs to be replaced since 'a' motor is working fine for in/out telescope. It just seems odd that the wheel would have a different motor for up/down and in/out. Does this make sense? Any help would be great!! PF Can't say for sure about your '94 but for the '95 LS400 there was/is a TSB involving rerouting the wiring harness near a connector on the steering column. Too much sideways stress on the connections without the rerouting. You can access the TSB via a daily subscription to techinfo.toyota.com.
1990LS400 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Can't say for sure about your '94 but for the '95 LS400 there was/is a TSB involving rerouting the wiring harness near a connector on the steering column. Too much sideways stress on the connections without the rerouting. Bulletin EL001-96 applies only to the 1995 LS400. From the bulletin: "Some 1995 LS 400’s may exhibit incomplete execution of the tilt/telescopic travel cycle when the key isinserted or removed from the ignition.To aid consistent operation of this memory function, the following production change has been made:PRODUCTION EFFECTIVE:FROMCHANGE1996 Model YearTilt position sensor wire harness lengthened by 15 mm."
landar Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 There was a good thread on here a while back dealing with the tilt motor and gears. Let me see...yes, here it is(see post #26 in particular) -> http://us.lexusowner...+steering+wheel
drivernuts Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 My problem is that the tilt works flawlessly but the telescope does not move in or out. I can't hear any noise when I push the button for the telescope. Guess I will have to get in therre to see what I can see. If anyone has any insight that might help I would like to hear it. Thanks much!
Larry W Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 amazing. i can't wait to try this. saving myself $500 or so would be huge. i guess the shim refers to simply creatively making something that will work. The tutoral is very easy. I actually had my 13 yeard old son do it following the very detailed instructions. I used a hose washer (yellow) that I purchased for .10 cents at the hardware store. Really all you are doing is removing a washer that will be in pieces and using the new washer to re-align the gears. Very simple and only a few hand tools are required.
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