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so then I called the Chevy C10 Non Tilt Manual Steering Column Installation Help Desk or the CCNTMSCIHD where the same kind fella answered and guided me through the entire installation process pointing out a bunch of cool factoids along the way

here are some of the doo dads Patrick had me mountenate

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the bottom bearing, spring, and washer

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yes we are going with a Grant steering circle on this truck, and yes I own 7 different Grant Chevy truck specific mounting kits, and NO none of them fit this steering column

this is just for mock up anyway, and will have to come apart for spring cleaning and painting eventually

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I probably missed it..... I watched a couple of the videos... full highway speeds I am guessing? my other thought was get a tesla drive unit and go about it that way... so many ideas and so lil time it seems lol :D

Thanks
Sean

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clocking the steering column was next, and Patrick left no stone unturned, pointing out things I didn't know existed

so first this rectangulizer points North and has the brake pedal bracket nipple go inside of it

(I love these factory hints for assembly)

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yes I lost my lower firewall steering column bracket and had to buy a new one

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the stick out was next, and Patrick pointed out more cool factory assembly guides, made me wanna go hug a GM engineer of yesterday

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and just like that the new old steering column was in

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he also pointed out a few other things, but I wasn't paying attention (I don't like people telling me what to do, especially when I call them for help)

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So now I know it IS normal for the bell to spin a bit on these floor shift columns. Thanks for checking that for me. When it comes time to tear down this column, please let me know if there is a foam donut inside it down under that curved cover at the bottom end.

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of course, I will, and you mean like this one on the automagical one?

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Exactly

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game on, say hello to my little friend, it sucks, and that's good!

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I also swung by Grainger [pronounced: "opposite of Harbor Freight"] and picked up another window for my media blasting cabinet, and oh my god, you can actually see inside that thing, who knew?

so then I went to town blasting everything in sight, no matter how big or small, though I have no idea what I'm going to do with these fender bolts now that they are naked? any ideas / suggestions

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remember this drive shaft bracket

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reserved for pics of powder coated bracket

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nothing to see here folks, just drive shaft #5

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media blasted its center support bracket plate thingie

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I also decided to spreadarize it as it's easier to shorten a drive shaft than to lengthen it, and this will allow me to measurize it more easier and better (we think)

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this update brought to you by Rock Auto

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and AMAZON ... keeping landfills full of cardboard boxes since 1994

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big day today, hope to accomplish quite a bit, install brand new steering linkage, and get the radiator core support and inner fenders back on, among 7 million other little things, you know how it goes...

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so with a help of a friend got the steering linkage on, the inner fender, and the radiator core support

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then we took on the Prius power assist steering and decided to graft it into the GM intermediate steering shaft

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this is the side that will connect to the GM manual steering box using the stock rag joint