ntwrkguy1

I've been reading up on the "garden hose washer" fix for a non-working tilt/telescoping steering wheel on my '96 LS. I can hear the motors working, so I'm confident that the spacer trick will work. I found the three screws holding the steering column cover, but I cannot get the lower cover to clear the adjustment **** for the tilt/telescoping feature. Is the adjustment **** designed to be removed? Or do I need to remove the lower dash piece (tan colored piece) in the picture?





For those encountering this problem for the first time, here's a thread that explains the "hose washer" fix:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/per...ng-repair.html

billydpowe

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YOU SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ANY TROUBLE WITH THIS... just think about what is in your way and what you should do....

Tomepot

Is your wheel fully extended? If you should have enough room to flex it over the control stick.

I did this type of fix to my one which was intermittently stopping halfway through moving. When I opened it up I found the foam ring to be still in one piece but when I poked it it started to flake, so I decided to replace it with a rubber washer from a shower hose. After the fix It didn't seem to make too much of a difference. Maybe it works better around 50% of the time or maybe that's just pure fluke and optimism on my part.

ntwrkguy1

I get the feeling that my wheel is not fully extended, but none of the controls (up/down, in/out) on the control stick seem to work. Any advice on how to extend the wheel fully if the control stick won't make it work?

I can hear the motor wanting to work, and I think the washer trick will work.

spuds

Mine was kinda stuck on,but a little working it it came apart.