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Assembly Required
September 19, 2015
I thought I'd outline how to put a steering column back together, along the way I may make comments about the disassembly but for the most part you can just start from the bottom and work up. For starters this column had surface rust inside and out, every little part needed cleaning weather it was blasting or soaking in vinegar.
- Slide 2-hole plate onto jacket
- Slip O-ring onto jacket
- Slide 3-hole plate onto jacket
- Bolt pates together (placement not important, more to protect paint)
- Insert shift tube into jacket
- Grease and install lower bearing with 2 bolts
- Insert shift spring in housing
- Insert lever and press in pin
- Install spring washer
- Install shift housing, lube the inside of the housing where it meets the tube
- Install gate on upper housing with 2 screws (mine never came apart)
- Put housing mounting studs (square head bolts) through holes and install nuts loosely (like only a couple threads)
- Install housing, hold both nuts down and work both studs in place. I fount it easier to stand the column up, the side of the heads of the studs lock into the square pockets on the side of the column housing. This is a three handed job as you also need to hold the shift lever up
- Lock down nuts, check shift for rotation
- Slide steering shaft in, enough to expose both clip grooves
- Install lower clip
- Grease and install bearing
- Install snap ring (I was able to push it on with a deep socket, no snap ring tool needed)
- Install insulator
- Slide shaft down to seat bearing
- Install turn switch
- Install turn switch plate with 3 screws
- Install turn signal lever and screw, check operation
- Install trough (switch wire cover) with 2 screws
- Install switch connector
- Install shift indicator. I was able to get replacement rivets from McMaster Carr, they needed to be trimmed about 3/32"
- Install spacers on bracket
- Install bracket with 4 bolts
- Column is ready to install, the lower plates and upper mounting brackets will need to be locked down once adjusted to column placement once installed.
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