Problems "pushing" the steering column forward - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jeffspower · 07-02-2007, 12:10 AM

I read Putter's tech info in FAQ, and some other info I could find. I have a '72 Blazer tilt column I installed in my '69 C20 cab today. About 3/4" is all the further forward it will go, because the NSBU switch is TIGHT against the firewall. If I shove the column where I really want it (shift bowl against the cluster grommet) the NSBU switch would end up impossible to install, as it would be in the firewall. I suspect that those of you with an auto tilt column tight against the cluster have done away with the NSBU switch, relocated it requiring shift tube/ housing fabrication or used a van column that ends up with the switch on the outside of the firewall.

Or am I missing something

Longhorn Man · 07-02-2007, 12:23 AM

mine is a van unit, I did away with the switch.
If I start in in gear, I deserve to be shot anyways IMO.

GREASEMONKEY72 · 07-02-2007, 12:44 AM

mine doesnt have the switch

Bob Moore · 07-02-2007, 05:58 PM

Jeffspower - You can retain the NS switch by moving it away from the original location. Follow the FAQ and move it UP the column the required amount.

07-02-2007, 12:10 AM	#1
jeffspower Well, Whoop-dee-do! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Easton, Mo. pop.- me & scarcely a few others Posts: 2,302	Problems "pushing" the steering column forward I read Putter's tech info in FAQ, and some other info I could find. I have a '72 Blazer tilt column I installed in my '69 C20 cab today. About 3/4" is all the further forward it will go, because the NSBU switch is TIGHT against the firewall. If I shove the column where I really want it (shift bowl against the cluster grommet) the NSBU switch would end up impossible to install, as it would be in the firewall. I suspect that those of you with an auto tilt column tight against the cluster have done away with the NSBU switch, relocated it requiring shift tube/ housing fabrication or used a van column that ends up with the switch on the outside of the firewall. Or am I missing something __________________ '68 GMC shortbox 4x4 350/SM465/T221- bought it in '83 SOLD '72 K20 500 Cad/TH400/NP205 SOLD '92 Chevy 2500 6.5 mech TD 4L80E crusty daily driver '72 Monte Carlo... sweet low mile toy '11 Dodge Challenger IE 392 6spd... midlife car

07-02-2007, 12:23 AM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Problems "pushing" the steering column forward mine is a van unit, I did away with the switch. If I start in in gear, I deserve to be shot anyways IMO.

07-02-2007, 12:44 AM	#3
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: Problems "pushing" the steering column forward mine doesnt have the switch __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

07-02-2007, 05:58 PM	#4
Bob Moore Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 1,365	Re: Problems "pushing" the steering column forward Jeffspower - You can retain the NS switch by moving it away from the original location. Follow the FAQ and move it UP the column the required amount. __________________ 67 C-20 LWB, tilt, speed alert, vac, 454, T400 67 C-10 SWB, factory air with more to follow



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