Steering problem
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Steering problem
I had to replace my ignition cylinder and when I went to start reassembling my shaft slides all the way out of the column. How do I push the shaft lock and canceling cam back on to get the lock ring in place? It is a 74 with TT and manual. Thanks!
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From: Gladstone MO
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Get a bolt that will thread into the column. Pull the upper shaft up until it's the length you need and tighten a bolt in the center. Some lock plate compressors have an end on them that is just for that purpose.
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Thanks Tim but it's not the compressor that's the problem. The steering tele shaft comes all the way out of the steering column now with the key on the end. I had threaded the compressor to it to compress to remove. Now that the shaft comes out I don't have a stop for the compressor to work and I wonder what I did for the shaft to now slide out?
