87f250steering colum

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iv got a 87 f250 with a tilt steering wheel one cold morning my wife started the truck it was stiff when she turned the ey over . a day or two later when you would turn the wheel it would die , so i changed the key lock cylinder it's still doing it , any ideas other than rebuilding the hole steering colum .

 

[Skandocious]

So the truck starts up just fine and it'll idle in place all day long, but when you turn the steering wheel the truck dies?

 

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yep , i can feel the knuckle move the key cylinder when i turn the wheel if i hold the the key .

 

[blacksnapon]

Unfortunately, there's no way other than dismantling the column down to the linkage for the ign switch. There have been untold issues with that piece of pot metal in there breaking. Most often, you'll have half of your toolbox out to do it too.

 

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so looks like ill be rebuilding the colum , thats what your saying .

 

[blacksnapon]

That weird shaped piece of pot metal is designed to maintain a uniform distance from the switch to the lock cylinder when using the tilt. Theres a rod and some "gears" in there as well. If you've never done one of these, be advised that there will be many small parts that need to be lined up simultaneously.

 

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is there a book that shows good pics , and instruction on doing this colum.

 

[blacksnapon]

I'll look, but my Ford dealership online information gets a little scarce after 10 years old.

 

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are you talking about the piece that connects the key to the rod that ingages the switch at the base of the colum.

 

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i use to have a 68 ford it was much easier to work on . rebuilt the colum in it was so much easier and a lot less parts .

 

[blacksnapon]

are you talking about the piece that connects the key to the rod that ingages the switch at the base of the colum.

Yep, Thats an aggravating little bugger.

 

[Raptor22]

I hate the Gen8 steering column. That rod that the ignition switch controls breaks all the time preventing the use of ACC. It works now, but I have replaced it like 5 times....

 

[surewhynot]

I wonder if it would be easier to source a junkyard column and just put your cylinder in it.

 

[Raptor22]

I wonder if it would be easier to source a junkyard column and just put your cylinder in it.

Its not the column that's messed up, its the linkage inside that's broken... Its not that difficult to take apart and fix...

 

[surewhynot]

That weird shaped piece of pot metal is designed to maintain a uniform distance from the switch to the lock cylinder when using the tilt. Theres a rod and some "gears" in there as well. If you've never done one of these, be advised that there will be many small parts that need to be lined up simultaneously.

Yep, Thats an aggravating little bugger.

Its not the column that's messed up, its the linkage inside that's broken... Its not that difficult to take apart and fix...

Vince seems to lead on that its not that easy of a fix.

 

[Raptor22]

Vince seems to lead on that its not that easy of a fix.

Its not hard to find or complicated to get to, its just a pain in the ass to get everything lined up... like drum brakes...