help me find this please ....... steering column creak solution Mk3

[Malc]

Guys, I noticed very intermittently over recent weeks a very slight creak coming from the steering column, like a dryness and a bush needing a bit of lubrication !

remembering some years past this being mentioned a lot on early Ls400s and a simple washer ? solution maybe

Any thoughts as to where I could find the specific forum threads or indeed the simple solution that was mentioned at the time ?

Thank you

Malc

[Stupot]

Malc, the search bars on most discussion forums are usually not very good. I usually find it better to use an advanced google search https://www.google.co.uk/advanced_search?hl=en-GB&fg=1    obviously, use LS 400 steering creak etc in the top search option on that page....then in the lower field where it asks which domain or site to search, put https://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum in there. 

Hang on, just tried it for you and this popped up there is a link to possible repair solution in second post

 

[Stupot]

Maybe this?

 

[Malc]

thank you for your kind pointers ......  my tilt and in and out stuff works perfectly fine  ( fingers xd )  the problem is simply the occasional light creak when steering .....  very rare but it is there sometimes .........  maybe I'll just leave well alone until it develops unbearably or until courage develops in sufficient measure to start dismantling stuff 

Malc

[Stupot]

Yes, once I started looking at the first thread in more detail, I realised it was to do with the tilt mechanism and might not be relevant to you. I've got a few niggling creaks here and there... but as you say, occasional and just bearable. I keep having to remind myself that for my 20 year old car with 160k miles.... it's still, comparatively, incredibly silky and quiet. 

[Malc]

........... but over the many years reading these columns I'm thinking I remember something simply about the creaking and a simple washer or summat .............  but maybe toooooo many years ago now when the Ls400 was the main point of this section of the forum 

time moves apace .............

Malc

[Tulpen]

I had the same problem on my 400. I never did find what caused it - although it was worse in winter.