Yes, they do come out
Hi Harlie,
Sorry to hear of your woe with the tilt adjustment.
There are only the three Torx screws that hold the surround together. As you discovered they are right up in there. I have an extendable driver with interchangeable bits which allowed me to get to the troublesome middle one.
If you have a set of long shaft Torx tools they are just long enough to reach. I have a set from Supercheap that reaches fine (which I didn't think would fit initially) .
The main problem I found was getting the driver into the head. It's a small screw inside a much larger cavity and you have to futz around to get the driver into position. All while lying contorted on the floor in the drivers side footwell .
My problem was the Tilt motor. Like a lot of the early builds, my column suffered from the dreaded binding of the screw mechanism. This was cured for a while by slackening the end nyloc nut. This left the column a little slack. Eventually the motor died from trying to drive the screw beyond its end point every time it tried to park the column. Obtained new motor from UK with extended square drive shaft, replaced dead motor and problem fixed. The screws holding that motor to the column are a real problem child to remove and replace without stripping or cross threading anything.
Wish your problem was that straight forward. Good luck with it and persevere with the Torx screws. They do all loosen and come out (eventually) allowing the shroud to be removed.
Cheers,
Iain
Iain
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