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Redog
06-12-2009, 09:05 AM
Get home from work, tilt the wheel to full upright and I get one click up and "SNAP"

The lever that controls the tilt snaps off in my hand. It snapped way up high inside the collum. :eek:

I can still tilt the wheel, but I'm still replacing it. Won't have time before ASS though.

Other than taking off the plastic collum cap, how hard is this to replace? My Haynes manual doesn't cover it
surreal_awakening
06-12-2009, 09:14 AM
It's really easy, assuming the mechanism on the column isn't what broke. Just take off the column cover, and the lever basically slides in and snaps into place with a little spring loaded mechanism if I recall correctly.
cherrington17
06-12-2009, 09:27 AM
do you tilt the wheel that often? i only move that thing when i need to get under my dash...

maybe once a year?
Nate's Alero
06-12-2009, 10:55 AM
i use mine daily, because im so short, and heavy.... i need to have the seat pretty far forward , and the wheel down....

should be just a plastic piece attached to the mech. with a bolt
hok666
06-12-2009, 11:08 AM
Get home from work, tilt the wheel to full upright and I get one click up and "SNAP"

The lever that controls the tilt snaps off in my hand. It snapped way up high inside the collum. :eek:

I can still tilt the wheel, but I'm still replacing it. Won't have time before ASS though.

Other than taking off the plastic collum cap, how hard is this to replace? My Haynes manual doesn't cover it


"You think that's bad!" I remember the time when I broke the shift button on the alero haha that was funny I immediately went back to the dealership and they replaced on the spot! You should have seen the guys face when I brought it in..
colonel6632
06-12-2009, 11:27 AM
"You think that's bad!" I remember the time when I broke the shift button on the alero haha that was funny I immediately went back to the dealership and they replaced on the spot! You should have seen the guys face when I brought it in..


been there done that... on my old car... it was stuck in... so i could just flip through gears... but i could never take my keys out of the ignition
Nate's Alero
06-12-2009, 11:32 AM
been there done that... on my old car... it was stuck in... so i could just flip through gears... but i could never take my keys out of the ignition

my saturn's key broke off in the ignition, thats funny..... the key is a flathead screwdriver
Redog
06-12-2009, 03:08 PM
do you tilt the wheel that often? i only move that thing when i need to get under my dash...

maybe once a year?

Every single time I drive the car. I've had a car with tilt wheel since 1996, even the Delta had a tilt :eek:
surreal_awakening
06-12-2009, 03:22 PM
Most of my cars have had a tilt wheel, but that doesn't mean I used the feature but very rarely! But fixing it should be cake.
cherrington17
06-12-2009, 03:28 PM
yeah... every car i've owned had a horn too... doesn't mean i use it. :huh:
jrim
06-13-2009, 12:24 AM
yeah or a cigarette lighter if u dont smoke
Kilroy
06-13-2009, 05:17 AM
...or a back seat if you are Aleroracing.
Nate's Alero
06-13-2009, 08:53 AM
...or a back seat if you are Aleroracing.

well placed, well placed :lol: :haha:
YALEROYNOT
06-13-2009, 09:02 AM
mine did the same thing, tilt lever in hand broke, never fixed it just delt with it
misslindseysue
06-13-2009, 11:58 PM
I only tilt/telescope the wheel after someone else drives my car and readjusts it. Or sometimes when I wear really high heels and just cant get my knees under it without breaking my ankle.

But to answer your question, I never got into that part of my Alero, but I'd guess it wouldn't be hard to get at. Every car I've torn into has been pretty easy to get the trim around the colum off - even the MINI is.