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Steering Col.
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kevcarr59
Registered Member
Puller Needed Indeed...
Depending on what year it is, its a definite chore. You'll have to remove the turn signal cam and all that stuff. The Haynes book has all the directions in it.
I had a friend that's a knowledgeable mechanic and it took us about 2 hours. A little secret... Have some #8-32 allen head screws for when you pull out the pivot pins. Also a slide hammer helps a lot. There are 4 external star head bolts that you will be tightening. You'll need a E-8 external star socket (2 or 3 bucks at A-Z, or local parts house). Get some blue LOCK-TITE and you put some on the threads, that'll lock them down and they won't come loose again. Also only pull them out 1 at a time, or you'll loose that whole plate inside the column and have to totally strip it apart to get it out.
We did it about 3 months ago and it is fine ever since. Like I said, a friend who's a good mechanic really did it. He's done them before so he knew exactly what was entailed. Reading the directions in the Haynes manual, I would have gotten about halfway into it before I would have been pulling my hair out.
Depending on what year it is, its a definite chore. You'll have to remove the turn signal cam and all that stuff. The Haynes book has all the directions in it.
I had a friend that's a knowledgeable mechanic and it took us about 2 hours. A little secret... Have some #8-32 allen head screws for when you pull out the pivot pins. Also a slide hammer helps a lot. There are 4 external star head bolts that you will be tightening. You'll need a E-8 external star socket (2 or 3 bucks at A-Z, or local parts house). Get some blue LOCK-TITE and you put some on the threads, that'll lock them down and they won't come loose again. Also only pull them out 1 at a time, or you'll loose that whole plate inside the column and have to totally strip it apart to get it out.
We did it about 3 months ago and it is fine ever since. Like I said, a friend who's a good mechanic really did it. He's done them before so he knew exactly what was entailed. Reading the directions in the Haynes manual, I would have gotten about halfway into it before I would have been pulling my hair out.
chulisohombre
1/2 ton status
yeah do what he said.haha.i did this to my moms pickup.had the same loose tilt wheel.
i did this a few months back... a wheel puller isn't absolutely nescesary, but what will make your life hella easier is a lockring depressor tool... can be a real pain getting it back together without it... homemade ones can be done... they look like this...
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=10306&group_ID=1243&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
heres something of a walkthru for ya... http://www.elcaminocentral.com/article95.html
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P65=&tool=all&item_ID=10306&group_ID=1243&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog
heres something of a walkthru for ya... http://www.elcaminocentral.com/article95.html
R72K5
Banned
its a project ill never do one again, if you have a temper problem then youll never accomplish this one, not without bad stuff happening, i always just swap out column for another when this happens to one,
way easier
if you go for it then take your time and take many breaks
also you can make a tool to pull the pins out of some tough steel bent to u shape and hole drilled in it and a longer screw with the required threads and a nut to tighten with
good luck
way easier
if you go for it then take your time and take many breaks
also you can make a tool to pull the pins out of some tough steel bent to u shape and hole drilled in it and a longer screw with the required threads and a nut to tighten with
good luck
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