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Ken, this is another Generic type letter I send out when someone asks me about steering columns and dash bezels. DAVE
THERE ARE ACTUALLY 3 DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT COLUMNS FOR THESE YEAR TRUCKS. Yours is Not the 84-87 type that has the wiper controls on it so it only fits up to 1983. I cannot see the shaft connector on yours ,But in the earlier years ,73-83, style there were 2 different types of connections on the bottom of the column. (I may be off by one year on this), but the 73-78 used a fine spline(like a transmissin output) to connect the bottom of the steering column to the intermediate shaft , where as the the 79-83 and newer used a round UNSPLINED shaft with 2 flat sides. You can use either 73-78 or 79-83 as long as you change the entire connecting(intermediate) shaft assembly with it, down to the rag joint on the steering box. The 84-87 and up are interchangeable and unique to the earlier ones in that they have the wiper controls up on the turn signal stalk. that wiper control change is also what makes the gauge cluster trim piece(bezel) change drastically in 84. Off course the bezel depended on trim level,Silverado, Scottsdale, Cheyenne, etc. as to what was on color the face of it was. the Steering columns do not change with trim level. The steering wheels were slightly differnt though. Who cares they were all ugly!