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01-14-2024, 03:48 PM | #1 |
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Mystery with tilt column...
Recently I bought a used tilt steering column from a '79 or 80 GMC Jimmy. I installed this into my son's 81 Chevrolet C10 Frankentruck. Then I noticed something strange. The steering wheel is now upside down and will not fit on it any other way. I thought that the steering columns were all pretty much the same. Is there a reason for this? Was I supposed to have a different center rod for the steering column?
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01-14-2024, 07:38 PM | #2 |
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Re: Mystery with tilt column...
what if you seperate the shaft from the box, or one of the joints and rotate 180 degrees
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01-15-2024, 08:30 AM | #3 |
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Re: Mystery with tilt column...
What he said. Just separate from the box and rotate 180
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01-15-2024, 02:08 PM | #4 |
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Re: Mystery with tilt column...
The easiest place to rotate it could be right here in the picture below.
If your intermediate shaft has this setup. There is a snap ring that you can take out. There are 2 plastic square blocks that act as a u joint. You can rotate it here also the best I remember.
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