my steering wheel is in my lap???

[project85]

in my 85 C-10 there are bucket seats, i doubt they are factory. when i get in the truck the wheel is right on my lap. i have a bench seat which i haven't installed yet but i have a feeling the wheel is still gonna be on my lap. is there any tricks to fix this or do i need a tilt or something? or hopefully i'm wrong abou the bench seat, and the seat will be back far enough to give me some room.

anyone else have a similar problem? how'd you go about fixin it?

thanks

[Irish_Alley]

Get a after market smaller wheel from a parts store even with a bench seat you might still come close or hit the wheel. Or/and get a tilt column from the junk yard

[VileZambonie]

Tilt and a smaller wheel

[project85]

now my truck was originally a 3 speed on the column, does that make a difference with how far inot the cab it goes or are all steering wheels / columns the exact same lenght whether automatics or standard on the column?

thanks

[Irish_Alley]

Same. Just make sure its about the same year due to wipers lights cruise and steering intermediate shaft can be different I think in 78 is when they changed up you can make it work just use the same the shaft as rhe column came off of