Installation ("G" Models Only)

Adjust column lower bearing preload. See ADJUSTMENTS in this article. Install plastic spacers onto flexible coupling alignment pins.
From inside vehicle, carefully insert lower end of column through floor pan opening, guiding steering shaft flange onto flexible coupling. Install and tighten flange-to-coupling bolts.
Locate index slot in column jacket with protrusion on clutch band brake pedal support. Loosely install column-to-dash bracket and screws. Push column down until steering shaft flange bottoms on plastic spacers on flexible coupling and tighten bracket screws.
Remove plastic spacer from alignment pins. Check that the rag joint-to-steering shaft flange clearance is 0.250 - 0.325" (6 - 8 mm). If not within specifications, bracket screws must be loosened and column raised or lowered as required. Retighten screws.
Push floor pan seal to floor pan. Install and tighten screws. Connect directional signal switch wiring harness. On vehicles with automatic transmissions, connect conductor tube for transmission indicator to instrument panel. On all models, install steering wheel. Connect transmission linkage and battery ground cable.