zombiexj

I have had issues with anything on my ignition circuit not working.

So I dug in to see what the issue was and all of the little levers and springs in my steering column. Either fell out Or moved and I can't seem to get it back together right. Is it easy to just swap whole steering columns from another vehicle ?

Or has anyone in Snohomish county done it and wiilling to help

freegdr

Theres alot of helpful videos on you tube search gm steering coloumns...

F1Addict

I pulled mine apart to tighten the tilt mechanism a few months ago and took a lot of pictures including some of the spring placement in the multi-switch. If that will help, let me know and I'll post them here. Otherwise, the GM column YouTubes mentioned by freegdr is probably your best bet... That or replacing the column.

freegdr

This help....http://www.texas4x4.org/tech-writeup...-column-18823/

zombiexj

This should help a lot but if anyone has more pictures I'd appreciate that too.

freegdr

Theres a complete step by step some where i just cant locate yet ....

freegdr

http://www.epiccomputer.com/dale/jee...tilt/tilt.html

F1Addict

Here are the photos I took of the column with a brief description...


Removal of steering lock and column spring

Multi-switch and springs

Stalk support and multi-switch bolts removed

Multi-switch removed. Unplug the multi-switch at the base of the
column for a little extra slack to get the multi-switch over the steering
hub.

Ignition cylinder lock retaining bolt

Cylinder lock removal

About as far as you can go. 3 of 4 tilt mechanism bolts can be accessed at this point.

Column bolt

Column bolt

caged

pulling and replacing a column is very easy.
just a few bolts and a bit of time.

Turbo X_J

+1, if your column is butchered or you lost half the parts just replace it. Check the donor column for side to side play before purchasing it tho.