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Does your steering wheel pull up and slide down? Well here is your problem. The original locknut that holds the U-joint together on the shaft loosens up. About the only way to solve this is to completely dissassemble the entire column to get to the nut. You could just tighten the nut up once your to this point but I can guarantee that within a few weeks of driving it the nut will again be loose. Replace the nut with a new one and your problems are solved.
This is the tilt mechanism completely taken apart. The spring is not the easiest thing to get back together with the upper and lower unit. You can see the 2 little pins in the bottom of the picture, those are what holds the top and bottom section of the tilt mechanism together.
I use a machine screw and a pair of pliers to pull those pins out. They are not threaded in.
The two halves need to be seperated to take out the wiring harness. I do not pull the wire ends from the plug. When turned the right way they will come out of the upper half.
This column is going to be made into a 4 speed tilt column like I did for the crew and then dumped onto ebay. If it sells like I think it will I will make another one.
Link to get bigger pictures of the manual: https://www.supermotors.net/registry/20292/71054
This is the tilt mechanism completely taken apart. The spring is not the easiest thing to get back together with the upper and lower unit. You can see the 2 little pins in the bottom of the picture, those are what holds the top and bottom section of the tilt mechanism together.
I use a machine screw and a pair of pliers to pull those pins out. They are not threaded in.
The two halves need to be seperated to take out the wiring harness. I do not pull the wire ends from the plug. When turned the right way they will come out of the upper half.
This column is going to be made into a 4 speed tilt column like I did for the crew and then dumped onto ebay. If it sells like I think it will I will make another one.
Link to get bigger pictures of the manual: https://www.supermotors.net/registry/20292/71054
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