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The only thing I don't LIKE.
Don't like because It don't fit.
![]() I'm talking about the steering wheel position. I'm 5'11" 175 pound, lost the beer belly years ago ![]() Even drove a 69 GMC as my work truck for 10 years, and didn't feel like this. Both are stock three spoke stock bench seats. My current truck is a 68 same layout as the 69 no difference. I currently drive a 64 Dodge 1/2 ton and wheel to seat, leg and arm positions are perfect. Probably spoiled. ![]() Any way we are all shaped differently so no one set up is good for all, even though the old days all you could get is a seat with forward and back adjustments. I'm thinking of moving the steering wheel shaft in toward the firewall.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
Get yourself a tilt wheel. Im pretty sure there is a way to move the column down, as in further away from the stomach.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I share those same feelings, but I'm 100% GM. And I love my 71'.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
There is a way to move the column in, I saw a post on here about it somewhere lol. Think you could move it like 2 inches in.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
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Look at the shaft were it attaches to the flex ( rag ) joint. There is a double shaft one fits inside the other, with two plastic pins that would shear and collapse in a collision. hum
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
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Don't know how to link to the thread. A guy posted it in 2006.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I need to find it again one day. I'm 6'5" so i need to move mine too. Thought i had it bookmarked but could not find it there.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
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Here ya go. I'm heading out to my shop and start the shortening job now.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
Aren't ididit columns made just like GM columns?
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
LMC needs to make one!
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
Move the wheel in the 2 inches.and swap to a smaller wheel.Or spend $400 on a tilt.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I am 5'4" and with the position of the seat and having and aftermarket steering wheel with spacer, the steering wheel is a little close for myself. I found this a few weeks back, and as soon as I get back to the states will be doing it too. Great thread and idea the guy came up with.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I guess I'm in the minority and like the wheel really close. I drive a box truck all day and have always liked the wheel close so my arms don't get tired.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I'm 6'4" 240lbs, I have a bench seat and a factory wheel. I'm pretty comfortable driving it, But when I get a new wheel I'll shorten the column.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
we are about the same size and I love where the wheel is and I love the fact that it is a big old wheel. but your right no to driver are exactly the same
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
i pushed the steering column in ole dollor about 3" and it made a big difference for a full figured old guy....it worked for me...
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I did the column shortening the OP linked to a few posts ago ( http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=191143 ) and it made a TON of difference. Only took a couple hours, could probably do it in under an hour easily. Also went with a 15" wheel with less dish.
Even with those changes, still not enough for me (6'3" @ 215lbs, no gut ![]()
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
I've driven these trucks since 1973 and never gave it a thought. I must be the perfect size for these trucks. But,I've known people all shapes and sizes who driving these trucks all those years and we never had this conversation. Ever drive the pre-war trucks?
![]() That said,I have a van tilt in one truck and the only way to make the neutral safety switch work in it's original position was to slide the column forward to the dash. But,I never paid any mind to any difference in the steering wheel's position.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
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Looked cool too ![]() Everybody is shaped differently some can handle it some can't .......like me.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
Lowered and adjustable buckets worked for me .. Check out the height of the seat in the rear window. The Pass will be lowered too (soon) just not yet had the time to modify the brackets.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
move the gas tank to outside and your seat can go back nicely
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
Not to disagree with you....but I have to here
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
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Dropping the seat has been mentioned and if I am not satisfied after the tilt I might look into that. An inch here and an inch there do make a lot of difference.
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Re: The only thing I don't LIKE.
This did not work for me. I got the shaft out and collapsed it within an hour, the rest of it, still not done. The neutral safety switch was already right against the firewall, and after moving the column down to try and put the switch on the outside, the clamp on the column hit it. Guess I'll just leave it as is....
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