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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Interior & Equipment => Steering Columns => Topic started by: nucknoel89 on February 01, 2011, 10:58:54 am

Title: Putting in a newer model steering column?
Post by: nucknoel89 on February 01, 2011, 10:58:54 am

Hey guys, I was wondering how similar the 99-06 steering columns are to the 73-87s.  I will eventually be doing a custom dash and I wanna use a 99-06 (automatic) column with it (in my opinion it looks nicer).  Does anyone know, are they even remotely similar to the 73-87s in terms of mounting, shift linkage, etc.?  Has anyone attempted this before?

Title: Re: Putting in a newer model steering column?
Post by: bake74 on February 03, 2011, 08:40:04 am

     I am not absolutly positive, but what I found is that there are differences between steering coloums.  If you go to buy a reconditioned one they have different part #'s for 79-83 and 84-87. the newer ones all have a year range with different part #'s also, maybe someone else will chime in and get more detailed answere for you.

Title: Re: Putting in a newer model steering column?
Post by: Captkaos on February 03, 2011, 12:51:48 pm

Mounting isn't the same and most that do the swap get the whole inner structure.