raider99 Posted October 15, 2009 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtbel Posted October 15, 2009 Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raider99 Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry W Posted October 16, 2009 Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montae276 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I need to know how to get the directions to fix it from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billydpowell Posted February 25, 2012 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaswood Posted February 25, 2012 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1990LS400 Posted February 25, 2012 Share 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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landar Posted February 27, 2012 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2006 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 There's even a video tutorial for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drivernuts Posted February 29, 2012 Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry W Posted March 19, 2012 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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