I joined the forum because I like to tinker with every car I get, and I like to get info from others who have 'been there, done that'.
I drive a lot of miles for work- about 20,000 miles a year, and when car shopping I ended up with a lease turn in 2017 XSE. It's a beautiful car, with power, heated leather seats. The problem comes in as I'm 6'3" tall...I can almost get comfortable with the seat adjustments, but the steering wheel, even at full tilt and the telescoping fully pulled out is not low enough for me to have a comfortable reach.
So I got to looking at the column itself. When I tilt it down, it bottoms out about an inch from where I need it, so I wanted to see what was stopping it. I removed the black plastic "collar" and I can see a nut on either side that appears to hold the column in place.
I loosened each nut and backed them out until they were flush with the bolts; about 1/2", and then tried the tilt again- Bingo! That's it- those nuts hold the column in place.
So...here's my ideas: if I find some metal spacers to put behind those bolts, I'll get at least a little drop...but does anyone have any experience or info of how this is put together? I'm wondering if those bolts are 'fixed' or attached, or can they be removed and replaced with longer bolts, which could get me a bigger drop....?
I can't see what's above the bracket to see how they are fixed, and I hesitate to do any further disassembly without knowing what I'm dealing with.
Thanks!
I drive a lot of miles for work- about 20,000 miles a year, and when car shopping I ended up with a lease turn in 2017 XSE. It's a beautiful car, with power, heated leather seats. The problem comes in as I'm 6'3" tall...I can almost get comfortable with the seat adjustments, but the steering wheel, even at full tilt and the telescoping fully pulled out is not low enough for me to have a comfortable reach.
So I got to looking at the column itself. When I tilt it down, it bottoms out about an inch from where I need it, so I wanted to see what was stopping it. I removed the black plastic "collar" and I can see a nut on either side that appears to hold the column in place.
I loosened each nut and backed them out until they were flush with the bolts; about 1/2", and then tried the tilt again- Bingo! That's it- those nuts hold the column in place.
So...here's my ideas: if I find some metal spacers to put behind those bolts, I'll get at least a little drop...but does anyone have any experience or info of how this is put together? I'm wondering if those bolts are 'fixed' or attached, or can they be removed and replaced with longer bolts, which could get me a bigger drop....?
I can't see what's above the bracket to see how they are fixed, and I hesitate to do any further disassembly without knowing what I'm dealing with.
Thanks!