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Title: need help with steering wheel install!!
Post by: gumby3419 on October 13, 2008, 03:24:33 pm

After removing the steering wheel there is a lock plate underneath. To remove this lockplate there is a retaining ring/clip that sits in a groove on the shaft. Does anyone know where I can find this clip? I have searched everywhere and no one seems to even know what I'm talking about. If need be I can post some pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: need help with steering wheel install!!
Post by: gumby3419 on October 13, 2008, 03:27:50 pm

Sorry, it's for an 86 C-10.

Title: Re: need help with steering wheel install!!
Post by: Captkaos on October 13, 2008, 04:03:15 pm

(http://elcaminocentral.com/articles/elkysteering/loose_stcolumn/DCP_0753.JPG)

Title: Re: need help with steering wheel install!!
Post by: ccz145a on October 13, 2008, 04:09:01 pm

(http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3263/diagram0jv.jpg)

Title: Re: need help with steering wheel install!!
Post by: VileZambonie on October 13, 2008, 06:45:19 pm

What happened to yours? You can get it from GM. You use a lockplate depressor to expose the snap ring.

http://www.toolking.com/products/1080650.aspx?googlebase=W80650

Title: Re: need help with steering wheel install!!
Post by: gumby3419 on October 14, 2008, 11:50:14 am

Thanks for the pics...but I knew where it was located on the shaft. I needed to know where I can buy a new one. I screwed up taking it off and bent it out of shape.