Reassembly, All Models
- Replace two bearing bushings, ensuring bushing lugs engage holes in outer column. Replace two rubber contact holders, fiber insulating strip, and horn contact blade. Engage ground contact blade.
- If equipped with automatic transmission, replace selector control as follows: Attach quadrant and spacers. Insert shims and lightly greased return spring in pivot bracket. Refit selector lever and secure with hollow pivot pin. Pass selector shaft through top bearing, slide plain washer and circlip over shaft and feed shaft through bottom bearing. Secure with washer and circlip. Replace lower selector lever to shaft and secure with locking screw. Check for free movement of shaft in bearings. Position and attach gear indicator arm bearing to bracket on outer column. Reconnect neutral safety switch to operating link and secure to mounting bracket, but do not tighten set screws. Attach turn signal switch. Lightly coat switch moving parts with suitable grease (petroleum jelly).
- If column incorporates an adjustable upper bearing, adjustment must be made when fitting turn signal switch; adjust as follows: Pass attaching screws through switch clamp and attach spring washer and lock nut to upper screw and spacer, and flat washer to bottom screw. Feed screws through column brackets and attach indicator switch. Tighten bottom screw fully. Fit inner column and temporarily attach steering wheel. Attach a pull scale to steering wheel rim. Tighten top screw until wheel will just turn with a pull of 5 oz. (see Fig 1). Secure screw with lock nut.NOTE: Two thicknesses of spacers are available to compensate for any variation in bore of outer tube: Grade A, 0.188" (4.7 mm); Grade B, 0.166" (4.06 mm).
- If equipped with overdrive transmission, attach overdrive switch to its proper position on outer column. Install spring and horn contact to upper half of rubber rotor. Refit top and bottom halves of rotor to inner column and slide horn slip ring over both halves with serration toward bottom of column. Gently tap serrations into groove of rotor until slip ring is secure.
- Slide inner shaft into inner column so that slot in shaft serrations aligns with stop button hole in inner column. Screw stop button into place until shaft binds on button, then slacken button until shaft moves freely.
- Reattach turn signal switch striker plate and adjust position of stop button to allow edge of plate to align with squared portion (see Fig 2). Turn inner column until striker retaining bolts are in vertical position and set striker peg so that it is just below horizontal axis position.
- Slide inner column into column tube.NOTE: Ensure ground contact is not damaged during this operation. Also check that horn contact does not catch slip ring on inner column: Lift contact slightly with screwdriver while inserting column.
Mount lower switch cover on outer tube.
- If vehicle is equipped with automatic transmission, adjust neutral safety switch as follows: Select "N" position, rotate switch in clamp ring and move bracket in elongated holes until small hole in lever registers with indent in back of safety switch. Tighten clamp ring and bracket set screws (see Fig 2).