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Join Date: May 2002
Location: VA
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Loose Steering Column - repair or just buy another?
The steering column in our 69 C10 is loose... has a lot of play in it and you can grab the steering wheel and move it quite a bit - up and down, side to side. The outside of the column seems stable, so I'm assuming it is the internals... looks like there is a lot of bearings in there. Is it worth buying the parts from LMC to rebuilt it or should we just buy a used one?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: daytonabeach
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Re: Loose Steering Column - repair or just buy another?
try taking steering wheel off and tightening nut on shaft to try and remove slop// also check bottom of shaft where it comes out coulmn there is supposed to b spring and washer there(good pic in lmc catalogue)
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sacramento
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Re: Loose Steering Column - repair or just buy another?
Good advise. Mine had a lot of slop in it too. I messed with the bolts next to the shaft in the engine bay which took care of the back and forth. The side to side looks to be a worn bearing that you can buy from the catalogs...
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Its a Truck Thing......
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sierra Vista, Arizona
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Re: Loose Steering Column - repair or just buy another?
The bearing replacement will cure alot of the slop, if its not a tilt column its pretty easy to do yourself. There are only two bearings, top & bottom one.
Smitty
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Tucson AZ by way of WI & CA
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Re: Loose Steering Column - repair or just buy another?
Just did this last winter. Piece of cake. Striped it down cleaned it up painted works like a champ. Down on the bottom end were the spring rides it had worn the shaft down. Welded her up good as new. Bought the parts from LMC
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: VA
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Re: Loose Steering Column - repair or just buy another?
Thanks guys. Looks like LMC will be getting more of our money. I like the idea of cleaning it up and painting it too... especially since the truck is a different color now.
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