Functional

1. Disconnect battery ground cable.
2. Turn lock cylinder key to RUN position.
3. Using a 1/8 inch drift, depress lock cylinder retaining pin through access hole and remove lock cylinder. Carefully note position of bearing retainer prior to removal.
4. Remove blue plastic bearing retainer by inserting screwdriver or similar tool with a 90° bend on its tip between bearing retainer and bearing, then prying upward.
5. Insert tip of screwdriver into double-D slot of bearing, then rotate 90°. Remove bearing.
6. Remove lock drive gear. Note position of lock drive gear relative to rack teeth.
7. Reverse procedure to install. Noting the following:
a. Position of steering column lock gear is correct if last tooth on drive gear steering column lock gear is meshed with the last tooth on rack.
b. Position steering column upper bearing retainer in lock cylinder housing and rotate double-D slot 90°.
c. Press blue plastic steering column upper bearing retainer into lock cylinder housing, ensure original position.
d. Line up flats of steering column lock gear with flats of washer by pulling down on the steering column lock cam.
e. Install ignition lock assembly.
f. Check for proper start in PARK and NEUTRAL, no start in DRIVE and REVERSE and locked in LOCK position.