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special70gmc · 03-03-2003, 06:01 PM

im startingo get really pissed off as i cant get the guage bezel or the damn stearing wheel off the wheel nut and three screws are out and the headlight rod is out of the bezel. i just spent a good part of an hour trying to get both off in one peice. well i did succede in getting my self really agrivated tho. i just need some guidence and to vent

dubie · 03-03-2003, 06:06 PM

You need a puller to remove the steering wheel bud. The dash bezel, you must remove the screws that you can see, disconnect the oil pressure line, disconnect the wiring harness, remove the windshield wiper knob and the headlight switch. To get the headlight switch you have to reach up under the dash and there is a button on the switch block itself that you have to push in while pulling out the knob. The wiper knob has a small screw in the side of it, loosen it off and it will come right off. This should help out a bit...................i hope

chevy_fatman · 03-03-2003, 06:25 PM

Don't forget the spedometer cable! I got my bezel out by loosening the whole column and droping it, because the bezel would touch the column on the way out and wouldn't let it move at all, and patience is a virtue, which I don't have

Good luck

special70gmc · 03-03-2003, 06:51 PM

both ehe wiper knob and the light rod is out as well as the screws around the out side but something is hanging up. the bottom is free but the top is solid wont budge. im confused.

greasemonkey · 03-03-2003, 07:39 PM

You need to jockey it a bit to get it out, I've heard of people dropping the column but I can get mine out by moving it back and forth a bit. You did take off the bezels around the wiper knob and light switch right?

Earl Junior · 03-03-2003, 08:06 PM

Don't forget the choke bezel.

mtdave2 · 03-03-2003, 08:26 PM

i usualy take off the steering wheel with a peice of wood and a hammer! lol. thats if i dont have a wheel putter. just back the nut off so its even with the bolt to protect the threads. then smack the wood with the hammer a few times...

special70gmc · 03-03-2003, 08:47 PM

thats what i didnt do how do you get the little bezels off from the wiper/lights?

*Gee_Emm* · 03-03-2003, 08:49 PM

You shouldnt have to drop the column to get the bezel out, I have done it many times without any problem.

special70gmc · 03-03-2003, 09:45 PM

ttt

67cst · 03-03-2003, 10:10 PM

the wiper knob has a set screw in the side, if you ahve any of those rtiny screwdriver sets for glasses tehy work great

lukecp · 03-03-2003, 10:21 PM

Are you talking about the bezels, meaning the little chrome things about the size of a quarter that go underneath the wiper and light knobs? They simply unscrew from the dash. Just get a pair of pliers and turn them and they will come off.

**passthebuck** · 03-03-2003, 10:23 PM

wheel pulling is ez-if ya got a puller-they're cheap-do any parts places have a "loan-a-tool" program near you?

DaveC20 · 03-03-2003, 10:29 PM

I went through all that yesterday myself and tore up my headlight switch and wiper switch before I figured it out. If you're that far and have chrome bezels under the knobs you can take a screw driver, put it in one of the slots on the bezel and bump it counterclockwise and it should unthread.

I wish I'd known about the set screw on the wiper knob and the release button for the headlight knob. If anybody out there hasn't had the experience yet, those knobs sure don't twist off like the choke knob does.

Live and learn.

Primered_69 · 03-03-2003, 10:37 PM

I use a pair of needle nose pliers with each tip in one of the holes on the bezel. Then I just turn to get the two nuts off.

special70gmc · 03-03-2003, 10:41 PM

thats what i wanted to hear thank you guys nevr could do it w/o ths board.

Snowbound · 03-03-2003, 10:44 PM

I find it easier if you unhook the speedo cable and the oil pressure guage before trying to remove the bezel. Just don't force it, as that old plastic getts pretty brittle and you'll crack it.

Brian

special70gmc · 03-03-2003, 11:16 PM

its out

*Gee_Emm* · 03-04-2003, 12:15 AM

Now what?

03-03-2003, 06:01 PM	#1
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	im a dumb a** im startingo get really pissed off as i cant get the guage bezel or the damn stearing wheel off the wheel nut and three screws are out and the headlight rod is out of the bezel. i just spent a good part of an hour trying to get both off in one peice. well i did succede in getting my self really agrivated tho. i just need some guidence and to vent __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

03-03-2003, 06:06 PM	#2
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,853	You need a puller to remove the steering wheel bud. The dash bezel, you must remove the screws that you can see, disconnect the oil pressure line, disconnect the wiring harness, remove the windshield wiper knob and the headlight switch. To get the headlight switch you have to reach up under the dash and there is a button on the switch block itself that you have to push in while pulling out the knob. The wiper knob has a small screw in the side of it, loosen it off and it will come right off. This should help out a bit...................i hope __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

03-03-2003, 06:25 PM	#3
chevy_fatman Where's my beer? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in the state of denial.... Posts: 5,620	Don't forget the spedometer cable! I got my bezel out by loosening the whole column and droping it, because the bezel would touch the column on the way out and wouldn't let it move at all, and patience is a virtue, which I don't have Good luck __________________ Paul How do you make the invisible, visible?.........You take it away.

03-03-2003, 06:51 PM	#4
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	both ehe wiper knob and the light rod is out as well as the screws around the out side but something is hanging up. the bottom is free but the top is solid wont budge. im confused. __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

03-03-2003, 07:39 PM	#5
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	You need to jockey it a bit to get it out, I've heard of people dropping the column but I can get mine out by moving it back and forth a bit. You did take off the bezels around the wiper knob and light switch right? __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

03-03-2003, 08:06 PM	#6
Earl Junior Cadillac power Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North Idaho Posts: 296	Don't forget the choke bezel. __________________ Just for the record, if I'm down to my last potato, I'm not sharing it with a guy who wants to kill me so he can get a better supply of virgins in paradise. That lesson is a little thing I call Economics 101, infidel style. --Scott Adams author of Dilbert

03-03-2003, 08:26 PM	#7
mtdave2 newly minted old timer Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hudson WI Posts: 3,521	i usualy take off the steering wheel with a peice of wood and a hammer! lol. thats if i dont have a wheel putter. just back the nut off so its even with the bolt to protect the threads. then smack the wood with the hammer a few times... __________________ ____________________________________________ 72 c20 longhorn 65k org miles and counting! 69 k10 Suburban

03-03-2003, 08:47 PM	#8
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	thats what i didnt do how do you get the little bezels off from the wiper/lights? __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

03-03-2003, 08:49 PM	#9
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	You shouldnt have to drop the column to get the bezel out, I have done it many times without any problem.

03-03-2003, 09:45 PM	#10
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	ttt __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

03-03-2003, 10:10 PM	#11
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,302	the wiper knob has a set screw in the side, if you ahve any of those rtiny screwdriver sets for glasses tehy work great __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

03-03-2003, 10:21 PM	#12
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Are you talking about the bezels, meaning the little chrome things about the size of a quarter that go underneath the wiper and light knobs? They simply unscrew from the dash. Just get a pair of pliers and turn them and they will come off. __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

03-03-2003, 10:23 PM	#13
passthebuck Sisyphus was my mentor! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario CANADA Posts: 984	wheel pulling is ez-if ya got a puller-they're cheap-do any parts places have a "loan-a-tool" program near you? __________________ passthebuck #5642 -TWO 1967 GMC 910's. One with L6/3-on-the tree and the other with 355 w/435hp & a 700r4. -a 2013 Honda Civic as my "sensible" car

03-03-2003, 10:29 PM	#14
DaveC20 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gate City, VA Posts: 14	I went through all that yesterday myself and tore up my headlight switch and wiper switch before I figured it out. If you're that far and have chrome bezels under the knobs you can take a screw driver, put it in one of the slots on the bezel and bump it counterclockwise and it should unthread. I wish I'd known about the set screw on the wiper knob and the release button for the headlight knob. If anybody out there hasn't had the experience yet, those knobs sure don't twist off like the choke knob does. Live and learn.

03-03-2003, 10:37 PM	#15
Primered_69 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Fort Worth Posts: 1,409	I use a pair of needle nose pliers with each tip in one of the holes on the bezel. Then I just turn to get the two nuts off. __________________ 1969 Chevy LWB - with shaved handles; 3 1/2 front/ 5 1/2 rear drop; (waiting to be put back together)



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03-03-2003, 10:41 PM	#16
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	thats what i wanted to hear thank you guys nevr could do it w/o ths board. __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

03-03-2003, 10:44 PM	#17
Snowbound Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Westbank, BC Posts: 403	I find it easier if you unhook the speedo cable and the oil pressure guage before trying to remove the bezel. Just don't force it, as that old plastic getts pretty brittle and you'll crack it. Brian __________________ 1965 Chevy Short Box Stepside, 230 - 3 speed, 4:11 gears, original paint rust free survivor. Now sporting a 383 SBC and TKO-600

03-03-2003, 11:16 PM	#18
special70gmc Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: long island, new york Posts: 1,333	its out Attached Images __________________ 1986 c-10 swb 5/7 drop 20'' coys 1958 belair 2door

03-04-2003, 12:15 AM	#19
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	Now what?

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