Sloppy 71 tilt column
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Burning Brakes
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From: EUNICE, La
Sloppy 71 tilt column
Thinking about pulling column this coming weekend. Can someone post links to Jim Shea's instructions on dissembling and tightening a tilt column.
Thanks Thad
Thanks Thad
Melting Slicks
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From: Wichita Kansas
Racer
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From: Ocala, FL
Not expensive tools, but absolutely necessary to take the column apart.
If you have to get this far into the belly of the beast, I would also take the opportunity to replace the upper and lower bearings, as well as the plastic horn contact retainer since the original one will—most likely—completely disintegrate when you try to remove it.
I am pretty sure you can do all of this with the column in place, but that's your call.
Jim's articles are must-read for anyone attempting this. And there's an excellent article on another board that I think you'll want to check out...
http://bit.ly/1rWPHyL
Good luck!
Last edited by CFLVette; May 11, 2016 at 03:02 PM.
Racer
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From: Wake Forest NC
This isn't meant to be discouraging, but don't be surprised if it's something other than loose screws. My steering wheel was loose; this is what I found:
The top of the outer sleeve was cracked in 3 places. It was TIG'd together and all is fine. People use the steering wheel to pull themselves out of the car.
The top of the outer sleeve was cracked in 3 places. It was TIG'd together and all is fine. People use the steering wheel to pull themselves out of the car.
