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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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Can anyone give me a step by step on how to remove the whole steering column on a 1976 Vette? I need to strip the inside of the car and I have never taken one out before.

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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by C3smallblock
Can anyone give me a step by step on how to remove the whole steering column on a 1976 Vette? I need to strip the inside of the car and I have never taken one out before.

Cheers
Kev
http://jimshea.corvettefaq.com/wp-co...ev09ja2010.pdf

More papers can be found at www.corvettefaq.com
Look in Jim Shea's Steering Papers
Click on Corvette Steering Papers

Good luck,
Jim
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by C3smallblock
Can anyone give me a step by step on how to remove the whole steering column on a 1976 Vette? I need to strip the inside of the car and I have never taken one out before.

Cheers
Kev


I followed Jim's paper and it was "on the money".... here's some pics that may help!

http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z...man2001_photo/
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 05:31 AM
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And once you successfully follow Jim's papers to get your project done, send him a PM of thanks for creating them so the rest of us can conveniently utilize them when working on our cars.
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