Steering Column: Disassembly
- Drill out shear bolt studs. Using a screw extractor, remove column bracket bolts. Remove upper (key cylinder) bracket. See Figure. Remove compression spring bolt. Remove compression spring.
- Remove bushings from compression spring. Remove 3 tension springs. Remove 2 tilt lever "E" rings from tilt lever lock shaft. Remove tilt lever spacer. Remove 2 nuts from tilt steering bolts. Remove 2 tilt lever retainers and 2 pawl stoppers.
- Remove tilt pawl nut and washers. Pull out tilt pawl bolt. Remove tilt lever assembly installation bolt. Remove 2 tilt pawls. Remove tilt lever, tilt sub lever and tilt lever assembly from tilt lever lock shaft.
- Install nut (10 mm x 1.25 mm), washer (36-mm outside diameter), and bolt (10 mm x 1.25 mm x 50 mm) to upper column tube tilt steering bolt. Using a slide hammer, remove steering column tube tilt bolts. Remove upper column tube from lower column tube. See Figure. Remove collar from mainshaft.
- Using a press, compress spring on mainshaft. Remove snap ring. Remove mainshaft from column tube. Remove spring, thrust collar and bearing.