- With Standard Column
Remove or Disconnect
^ Steering Column Assembly.
Disassemble
1. Dash panel bracket and screws from the column.
2. Clamp the steering column in a vise.
^ Clamp at the lower end of the jacket.
3. Steering wheel.
4. Turn signal switch.
5. Lock cylinder.
6. Tone alarm switch, if it needs to be serviced.
Important
^ The buzzer switch does not have to be removed to remove the upper bearing housing.
7. Ignition switch.
8. Shift lever pivot pin and lever. (Column Shift Models).
9. Upper bearing washer
10. Screws attaching the turn signal and ignition lock housing.
11. Housing assembly.
12. Bushing and retainer from the lower side of the housing.
13. Ignition switch actuating rod, rack assembly, rack preload spring, shaft lock bolt and spring assembly from the housing.
14. Shift lever detent plate.
15. Ignition switch actuator sector through the lock cylinder hole by pushing firmly on the block tooth of the sector with a blunt punch or screwdriver.
16. Gear shift lever housing and shroud from the jacket assembly.
^ On floor shift models, remove the transmission control lock tube houosing and shroud.
17. Shift lever spring from the gear shift lever housing.
^ On floor shift models, remove the lock tube spring.
18. Steering shaft from the lower end of the jacket assembly.
19. Back-up switch or neutral-safety switch.
20. Lower bearing retaining clip. On Automatic and floorshift Columns.
^ Remove the lower bearing retainer1 bearing adapter assembly shift tube spring and washer. The lower bearing may be removed from the adapter by light pressure on the bearmg outer race.
^ Slide out the shift tube assembly.
Assemble
^ Apply a thin coat of lithium grease to all friction surfaces.
1. Sector into the turn signal and lock cylinder housmg.
^ Install the sector in the lock cylinder hole over the sector shaft with the tang end to the out- side of the hole.
^ Press the sector over the shaft with a blunt tool.
2. Shift lever detent plate onto the housing.
3. Rack preload spring into the housing from the bottom side. The long section should be toward the handwheel and hook onto the edge of the housing.
4. Locking bolt onto the crossover arm on the rack and insert the rack and lock bolt assembly into the housing from the bottom with the teeth up (toward handwheel) and toward the centerime of the column.
^ Align the first tooth on the sector with the first tooth on the rack; if aligned properly, the block teeth will line up when the rack assembly is pushed all the way in.
5. Retainer and bushing.
6. Gear shift housing lower bearing Insert the bearing from the very end of the jacket.
^ Align the indentations in the bearing with the projections on the jacket. If the bearing is not installed correctly, it will not rest on the stops provided.
7. Shift lever spring into the gear shift lever (or lock tube) housing.
8. Housing and shroud assemblies onto the upper end of the mast jacket.
^ Rotate the housing to be sure it is seated in the bearing.
9. Turn signal and lock cylinder housing onto the jacket.
^ The gear shift housing should be in the "Park" position and the rack pulled downward.
^ Seat the turn signal housing and install the four screws.
10. Lower bearing into the adapter assembly.
11. Shift tube assembly into the lower end of the jacket. Rotate until the upper shift tube key slides into the housing keyway.
^ On Automatic and Floor Shift Columns
^ Install the spring and lower bearing adapter assembly into the bottom of the jacket.
^ Hold the adapter in place and install the lower bearing reinforcement and retainer clip. The clip snaps into the jacket and reinforcement s~ots.
12. Back-up switch or neutral-safety switch.
13. Steering shaft into the column.
14. Upper bearing washer.
15. Ignition switch.
16. Tone alarm switch, if removed.
17. Lock cylinder.
18. Turn signal switch.
19. Steering wheel.
20. Shift lever and pivot pin.
^ Remove the column from the vise and J-23074.
21. Dash panel bracket and screws to the column.
Install or Connect
^ Steering Column Assembly.