Replace 86 cruise control/turn arm
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: Orange Park Fl
http://www.chevyasylum.com/column/tiltcol.html
Try this link. It has some good pictures and discriptions of how to get in and out of a steering column.
Try this link. It has some good pictures and discriptions of how to get in and out of a steering column.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 20,301
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From: Summerland B.C. Canada
Originally Posted by Kens86
http://www.chevyasylum.com/column/tiltcol.html
Try this link. It has some good pictures and discriptions of how to get in and out of a steering column.
Try this link. It has some good pictures and discriptions of how to get in and out of a steering column.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 871
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From: Costa Mesa CA
Here's the easy way.
There's only one screw that holds it in the column. But it's behind the lock plate. The screw just barely doesn't go through one of the holes in that lock plate. It's close. Take the steering wheel off. The lock plate is that thick steel piece with all the holes around it that allow the lock pin to go through those holes thereby locking the wheel from turning. Line up the hole over the screw and mark which hole is closest. Move the hole to a deep section behind the plate so when you drill out that hole bigger you don't ruin anything from the drfill going through the hole.
Once the hole is enlarged, move it to over the screw again and take out the screw. The cruise stalk comes right out with a little wiggling.
Here's a tip. Before you pull the wire through the column tie a piece of safety wire or magnet wire to the end of the loom to the stalk and pull it through when you remove the cruise control. When you put the new one in, just tie the plug of the new unit to the safety wire and pull it through the column. Otherwise it's a real pain to get the stalk wires back through to come out the bottom of the column.
BIG JIM
There's only one screw that holds it in the column. But it's behind the lock plate. The screw just barely doesn't go through one of the holes in that lock plate. It's close. Take the steering wheel off. The lock plate is that thick steel piece with all the holes around it that allow the lock pin to go through those holes thereby locking the wheel from turning. Line up the hole over the screw and mark which hole is closest. Move the hole to a deep section behind the plate so when you drill out that hole bigger you don't ruin anything from the drfill going through the hole.
Once the hole is enlarged, move it to over the screw again and take out the screw. The cruise stalk comes right out with a little wiggling.
Here's a tip. Before you pull the wire through the column tie a piece of safety wire or magnet wire to the end of the loom to the stalk and pull it through when you remove the cruise control. When you put the new one in, just tie the plug of the new unit to the safety wire and pull it through the column. Otherwise it's a real pain to get the stalk wires back through to come out the bottom of the column.
BIG JIM
