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PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:32 pm 
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ANyone else have a problem wiht the tilt wheel handle falling down while driving?
Its quite dangerous when suddenly the wheel falls in your lap while your trying to keep from turning it to hold it back up.
The lever just vibrates loose and it falls. Happened like 3 times so far and almost cause a wreck once.
Is there an easy fix for this?

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I tow across country and have 63k miles and never happen to me once. I'm guessing if you adjust it a lot of times the lock could wear out.

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I have had it happen to me a few times,always on the trail though. Just vibrating loose I think.

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Same problem.. mine was fixed at 500 miles by the dealer

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 Post subject: Re: Tilt steering issue
PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:49 pm 
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CHenry wrote:
ANyone else have a problem wiht the tilt wheel handle falling down while driving?
Its quite dangerous when suddenly the wheel falls in your lap while your trying to keep from turning it to hold it back up.
The lever just vibrates loose and it falls. Happened like 3 times so far and almost cause a wreck once.
Is there an easy fix for this?


I've had it happen to me, if i remember correctly you need to loosen the panel under the steering wheel and then tighten the nut to create a resistance.


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 Post subject: Re: Tilt steering issue
PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:08 am 
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mackruss wrote:
I've had it happen to me, if i remember correctly you need to loosen the panel under the steering wheel and then tighten the nut to create a resistance.

Thanks, i suspected it might be something simple like this but just wondered if it was a common problem.
I'll look at it this weekend! 8)

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