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purple gas · 09-12-2005, 07:59 PM

OK. So in my typical fashion I got my van tilt all tightend up so it works like dandy. Sanded & painted it all up spiffy like. Now I have to put on the rubber gromety type things on so it fits in me truck like it was meant to be there, like I shoulda done earlier in this process. In a previous thread on the same subject someone mentioned they just bent over the lower shift arm lever deal and slid the pieces over, then bent it back into shape. Sounds kinda cheesy and hacky and would fit my M.O. perfectly. BUT before I prove to the world that I was reared on a farm where a crescent wrench and 6 feet of wire was all the tool kit anyone really needs I thought I'd ask. Can the lower bearing be removed and the shift tube be pulled out without dissasembling the top of the column?

JimKshortstep4x4 · 09-12-2005, 08:17 PM

The lower bearing can be removed but it won't help. The shift tube cannot be removed without dissassembling the upper part. You are faced with disassembling the column or doing that cheesy thing!

Jim

purple gas · 09-12-2005, 10:23 PM

well, that pretty much sucks

68C15 · 09-12-2005, 10:26 PM

get out your trusty channell locks & go to it.

Bob Moore · 09-13-2005, 12:23 AM

I was shocked that someone would be so cheesey as to bend the shift arm to install the rubber grommets and retainer ring UNTIL I tried it myself. Piece of cake. Just make sure you get them installed in the right order and direction.

Good luck - Bob

09-12-2005, 07:59 PM	#1
purple gas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: saskatoon, planet earth Posts: 694	lower shift lever removal OK. So in my typical fashion I got my van tilt all tightend up so it works like dandy. Sanded & painted it all up spiffy like. Now I have to put on the rubber gromety type things on so it fits in me truck like it was meant to be there, like I shoulda done earlier in this process. In a previous thread on the same subject someone mentioned they just bent over the lower shift arm lever deal and slid the pieces over, then bent it back into shape. Sounds kinda cheesy and hacky and would fit my M.O. perfectly. BUT before I prove to the world that I was reared on a farm where a crescent wrench and 6 feet of wire was all the tool kit anyone really needs I thought I'd ask. Can the lower bearing be removed and the shift tube be pulled out without dissasembling the top of the column? __________________ I got a bench seat baby, you don't have to sit over there.

09-12-2005, 10:23 PM	#3
purple gas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: saskatoon, planet earth Posts: 694	well, that pretty much sucks __________________ I got a bench seat baby, you don't have to sit over there.

09-12-2005, 10:26 PM	#4
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	get out your trusty channell locks & go to it. __________________ Man rule #77...if you own a 67 stepside with a caddy 472 you will never be in danger of loosing you man card

09-13-2005, 12:23 AM	#5
Bob Moore Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 1,365	I was shocked that someone would be so cheesey as to bend the shift arm to install the rubber grommets and retainer ring UNTIL I tried it myself. Piece of cake. Just make sure you get them installed in the right order and direction. Good luck - Bob __________________ 67 C-20 LWB, tilt, speed alert, vac, 454, T400 67 C-10 SWB, factory air with more to follow

09-12-2005, 08:17 PM	#2
JimKshortstep4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Muskegon,MI,USA Posts: 6,026	The lower bearing can be removed but it won't help. The shift tube cannot be removed without dissassembling the upper part. You are faced with disassembling the column or doing that cheesy thing! Jim



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