Steering Column: Disassembly
- Mark "U" joint and mainshaft for reassembly reference. Remove pinch bolt and "U" joint from mainshaft. See Fig 1. Mark "U" joint and intermediate shaft for reassembly reference. Disconnect intermediate shaft from "U" joint.
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- Remove 2 bolts and dust seal. Remove column hole cover. Remove wire harness clamp. Drill tapered head column bracket bolts and use a screw extractor to remove. Remove upper steering column bracket.
- Remove bolt and compression spring. Remove bushings from spring. Remove 3 tension springs. Remove "E" clips, retainers and nuts. Remove 2 pawl stoppers. Remove nut, bolt, tilt pawls and collars. Remove tilt lever, sub-lever and lever lock bolt.
- Install nut (10 x 1.25 mm), washer (36-mm outside diameter) and 2" (50 mm) bolt (10 x 1.25 mm) to upper column tube. Using slide hammer, remove steering column bolts. See Fig 2. Remove upper column tube and stopper.
- Remove turn signal bracket. Attach appropriate puller to upper column tube and compress main shaft. Remove snap ring, puller, main shaft, spring, thrust collar and bearing. Remove snap ring and main shaft collar from lower column tube.
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