Tilt column release handle
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Tilt column release handle
I just pulled the handle to lower the column on my 2003 Vette and it snapped off at the base! Looks like a complicated repair, any insight and/or advice?
Thx
Jerry
Thx
Jerry
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From: Greensboro Nc
Is it definitely broken or did it just pull out? When I was replacing my SWPS I had to remove parts of the interior and I found that you could literally just pull the tilt handle and it would come straight out. Theres supposed to be a little clip that you have to press to release it, but mine didn't need it.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...r-removal.html
There's a link with a little info, and some sup-par photos explaining how to get it out if its actually broken off. It's just a little rectangular hole that it slips into.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...r-removal.html
There's a link with a little info, and some sup-par photos explaining how to get it out if its actually broken off. It's just a little rectangular hole that it slips into.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 1999
Posts: 214
Likes: 14
From: Alameda CA and Brick NJ
Tilt column release handle
Is it definitely broken or did it just pull out? When I was replacing my SWPS I had to remove parts of the interior and I found that you could literally just pull the tilt handle and it would come straight out. Theres supposed to be a little clip that you have to press to release it, but mine didn't need it.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...r-removal.html
There's a link with a little info, and some sup-par photos explaining how to get it out if its actually broken off. It's just a little rectangular hole that it slips into.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...r-removal.html
There's a link with a little info, and some sup-par photos explaining how to get it out if its actually broken off. It's just a little rectangular hole that it slips into.
It snapped off at the base, I found a NOS handle online, $24. Those photos should guide me, or a much younger helper, installing the new one.
Thx
Jerry
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 4,346
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From: Greensboro Nc
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: May 1999
Posts: 214
Likes: 14
From: Alameda CA and Brick NJ
Til column release handle
NOS handle, $24, from: www.smcperformance.com
www.smcautoparts.com
Thx!
Jerry
Last edited by BayVette; Jul 18, 2017 at 03:46 PM.
