Steering Column: Removal
- Remove steering wheel. See Fig 1
. Remove 4 screws and lower crash pad. Remove 3 screws and steering column cover. Disconnect combination switch and rheostat connectors. Remove 4 screws and combination switch.
- On vehicles without tilt steering, remove steering shaft upper coupling bolt. Remove steering column bracket-to-frame bolts. Disconnect steering shaft from coupling inside vehicle. Remove steering column assembly.
- On vehicles with tilt steering, lower steering column assembly toward floor by removing lower bracket and tilt bracket bolts. Remove "U" joint-to-steering shaft retaining bolt. Remove steering column assembly.
- On all models, remove intermediate shaft lower coupling bolt at steering gear. Remove dust cover bolts. Remove intermediate shaft, with dust cover, toward inside of vehicle.
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