78 Silverado Tilt Steering column parts interchangeability

[jc74868]

I've found several topics on columns, but can't really find the answer to my question.

Will any 73-87 C10 tilt column work, or only certain years?

(It originally had Cruise on the column but I just want a general tilt column)

I found one nearby. The guy isn't really sure what year it came from, but knows it was a C10 squarebody. It is a tilt column, regular turn signal (dimmer was in the floor on the truck it came from), no wiper or other controls, and the shaft looks like a sorta rectangle/squareish shape w/a bolt hole through the end.

My truck is sitting at shop about an 35 miles from me in one direction and the column is located about 60 miles away in the other direction.

It sounds like this one will work, I just kinda worry that the shaft may be different (like possibly mine is a spline shaft?? I don't know, just don't know if there are differences)

Not sure. I guess I can take off work and go look at my truck's column. Just don't won't to let a great deal get away

[zieg85]

I don't know when the mid-shaft coupling changes from the spline to the rectangle but other than subtle wiring differences that era up to 83 is mostly a plug and play.  84 they moved the dimmer switch/wiper switch to the turn signal stalk.

[VileZambonie]

Don't waste your time with unknowns. What's wrong with your column?

[jc74868]

Don't waste your time with unknowns. What's wrong with your column?

Nothing that probably can't be fixed. Rack/ignition lock issues.

 I actually repaired it a few years ago and, voila,  after a couple of years later  it did the same thing again. 

I haven't really driven it much  since  (and it's so jacked up, when I do,   I had to unbolt the ignition switch/box on the column and just start it down there with a screwdriver).

I'm about to go though the truck, and get it back in the road and  I just found a way cheap deal on a tilt column and thought if it would bolt up,  I'd go that route because it'd actually be easier  than another rack kit fiasco.

The other column seems like an iffy fit, so maybe I'll just pay a professional to fix my current rack/lock blowout, because I'm not in to trying it again.


 



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[VileZambonie]

It's not a big deal to change it if you have the tools on hand and a little patience. If you are going to swap columns it's about the same amount of time and you are once again dealing with unknowns. Is it loose, do you swap the ignition cylinder or make new keys, does the signal switch operate correctly, is it the correct switch etc etc.