Standard Column: Disassembly
- Pry out wiring trough retainers. Lift off trough. New retainers may be required for reassembly. Use masking tape to protect paint and a deep socket to back-up housing. Drive retaining roll pin out with a punch to remove shift lever.
- Remove breakaway capsules. Secure column in vise by clamping at column bracket. DO NOT distort column. Remove turn signal lever cover-to-lock housing attaching screws. Remove cover. Remove wiper/washer switch assembly. Pull hider up wiper/washer lever. Remove lever sleeve-to-switch attaching screws.
- Rotate wiper/washer shaft to full clockwise position. Remove shaft from switch. Remove turn signal switch and upper bearing retaining screws. Remove retainer. Lift switch upward out of way. Unclip horn ground wire. Remove ignition key light retaining screw. Lift ignition key light out of way.
- Remove bearing housing-to-lock housing attaching screws. Remove snap ring from upper end of steering shaft. Remove bearing housing from shaft. Remove lock plate spring and lock plate from shaft. Remove shaft through lower end of column.
- Remove ignition key. Remove warning switch retaining screw. Lift out key warning switch. Remove 2 ignition switch-to-column jacket retaining screws. See Figure . Remove ignition switch by rotating switch 90 degrees on actuator rod. Remove 2 dimmer switch retaining screws. Disengage dimmer switch from rod.
- Remove bellcrank mounting screws. Slide bellcrank up in slide housing until it can be disconnected from ignition switch rod. Using key, place cylinder in "LOCK" position. Remove key.
- Using a small diameter screwdriver or similar tool, push inward to release spring-loaded lock retainer while pulling lock cylinder from housing bore. Pull lock lever and spring assembly out of housing as an assembly.
- Remove 4 lock housing-to-column jacket hex head retaining screws. Remove housing from jacket. On A/T models, loosen shift tube set screw, in shaft housing. On all models, using Shift Tube Remover (J-23072), remove tube through lower end of jacket. See Fig 1 .
- To disassemble flexible coupling, remove 4 bolts and 2 cross straps. Remove flexible coupling. "Pot" coupling is removed by prying cover tangs from coupling body and lifting seal and cover from body. Drive dowel pin down into coupling. Discard "Pot" coupling. Pull body off shaft and shoe assembly.