87 steering wheel column help
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
From: conroe texas
87 steering wheel column help
Any body know where I can find a exploded diagram of the 87 steering column.. I broke a little plastic part and have no idea what it was . Also I can't get my key to turn to the lock position. . It just stays on the whole time..
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 375
Likes: 18
From: Lawrenceville Georgia
[QUOTE=mitchpdavis;1588635252]Any body know where I can find a exploded diagram of the 87 steering column.. I broke a little plastic part and have no idea what it was . Also I can't get my key to turn to the lock position. . It just stays on the whole time..[/QUOTE
This might help.
Joel
http://www.elcaminocentral.com/artic...n/Scan0001.jpg
This might help.
Joel
http://www.elcaminocentral.com/artic...n/Scan0001.jpg
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
From: conroe texas
Well maybe a lil.. I think my locking pin is on of the issues with my key not going to the lick position. . But I nee to know that the plastic part is that is on top of the lock plate.
Racer
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 375
Likes: 18
From: Lawrenceville Georgia
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
From: conroe texas
Ugh... no not at all... The vette has a very different setup... I guess there is a lot of the same **** but before the lock plate there is a plastic "shield" I guess you would call it.. I'm pretty sure it dose something for the horn because without it my horn stays on as soon as the battery is connected.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 20,293
Likes: 240
From: Summerland B.C. Canada
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 25,366
Likes: 2,732
This is a pretty good image of the "horn contact retainer":
http://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corve...1970-1989.html
For an early car there's this retainer, the cancelling cam and a very short tower that's inserted into the steering wheel that control horn function. You mentioned "small" and this is the most frequently demolished part broken on nearly every entry into the steering column under the steering wheel.
All of the resellers carry this part. If you search GM# 7808365 that's the retainer you should find, the tower GM # 9768768 and the Cancelling cam GM# 7849228 but both tower and cancelling cam aren't available from some of or all of the resellers.
http://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corve...1970-1989.html
For an early car there's this retainer, the cancelling cam and a very short tower that's inserted into the steering wheel that control horn function. You mentioned "small" and this is the most frequently demolished part broken on nearly every entry into the steering column under the steering wheel.
All of the resellers carry this part. If you search GM# 7808365 that's the retainer you should find, the tower GM # 9768768 and the Cancelling cam GM# 7849228 but both tower and cancelling cam aren't available from some of or all of the resellers.
Last edited by WVZR-1; Jan 4, 2015 at 11:33 AM.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
2027 Corvette vs The World: Every C8 vs Its Closest Competitor
Joe Kucinski