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Offline Psycho71

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Sloppy tilt column
« on: April 22, 2011, 08:34:34 pm »
My steering column is sloppy, both vertically and side to side. Feels like it's at the knuckle. Had a fella tell me there's four bolts in there to tighten, and it's fairly common to see the 80's model full sizes with this issue. I've never been into one of these columns. I would not consider him as reliable a source as I would some people here.  Is he right, or am I looking at more than a tear down and re-assemble job?
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Offline Grim 82

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Re: Sloppy tilt column
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2011, 08:40:11 pm »
Sounds like a classic take it apart and put it back together project.
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=12525.0
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Re: Sloppy tilt column
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 12:06:10 am »
It is way easier than it looks/seems. I just did it two months ago.
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Re: Sloppy tilt column
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2011, 12:21:01 am »
Cool. Looks like I'll need to grab a few of the specialized tools before I attack this. Thanks for the link! Guess I should have used the search feature first.
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Re: Sloppy tilt column
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2011, 12:42:14 am »
no worries. you should be able to rent the wheel puller, lockplate tool, and pivot pin removal tool at orilleys or autozone. one word of advice, lay out everything you remove in the order you removed it and keep everything face down or up.
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Re: Sloppy tilt column
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2011, 05:19:38 am »
Quote from: beastie_3 on April 23, 2011, 12:42:14 am
no worries. you should be able to rent the wheel puller, lockplate tool, and pivot pin removal tool at orilleys or autozone. one word of advice, lay out everything you remove in the order you removed it and keep everything face down or up.

What he said... I've spent a fair amount of time in the yards lookin for the parts I lost from doing this!
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