1971 Steering Column Question.... - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

ncr8rfan · 03-29-2016, 09:16 PM

Wondering if anyone could tell me what the easiest way to replace the rubber that covers the hole where the steering column comes through the fire wall.

snipescastle2 · 03-30-2016, 08:14 AM

Well, I'm pretty sure the column needs to come out in order to do this correctly, because I doubt you can fish that gasket over the tube/shifter linkage and fish it through the hole in the firewall and still be able to get it fitted in the sheet metal opening correctly.it's a "grommet" of sorts to keep water and fumes out of the cab.
HTH,
Ben

ncr8rfan · 03-30-2016, 09:55 AM

Thanks for the responses, I was afraid of that. I'm a little OCD also so that's why I was even attempting to change out this grommet. The one on the truck now isn't torn but just doesn't look real nice...

Thanks again for your time!!!

joeydurango · 03-30-2016, 09:11 AM

x2 on the belief the column has to come out. That, or, like both of the '72s I've had, if you cut the grommet at the bottom you can install it over the column and (almost) not know the difference. If I were replacing it, though, I guess I'd remove the column before cutting... just because I'm OCD.

03-29-2016, 09:16 PM	#1
ncr8rfan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Clemmons, NC Posts: 10	1971 Steering Column Question.... Wondering if anyone could tell me what the easiest way to replace the rubber that covers the hole where the steering column comes through the fire wall.

03-30-2016, 08:14 AM	#2
snipescastle2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: WARRENSBURG,MISSOURI,64093 Posts: 1,518	Re: 1971 Steering Column Question.... Well, I'm pretty sure the column needs to come out in order to do this correctly, because I doubt you can fish that gasket over the tube/shifter linkage and fish it through the hole in the firewall and still be able to get it fitted in the sheet metal opening correctly.it's a "grommet" of sorts to keep water and fumes out of the cab. HTH, Ben __________________ "Persistence is the twin sister of Excellence.one is a matter of quality,the other, a matter of time" “Serious Black” my 1971 Short Bed Fleetside Sold to an outstanding man in Lees Summit,Mo. “Gone, but by no means,Forgotten”

03-30-2016, 09:55 AM	#3
ncr8rfan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Clemmons, NC Posts: 10	Re: 1971 Steering Column Question.... Thanks for the responses, I was afraid of that. I'm a little OCD also so that's why I was even attempting to change out this grommet. The one on the truck now isn't torn but just doesn't look real nice... Thanks again for your time!!!

03-30-2016, 09:11 AM	#4
joeydurango Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Durango, CO Posts: 827	Re: 1971 Steering Column Question.... x2 on the belief the column has to come out. That, or, like both of the '72s I've had, if you cut the grommet at the bottom you can install it over the column and (almost) not know the difference. If I were replacing it, though, I guess I'd remove the column before cutting... just because I'm OCD. __________________ 1972 K10 Cheyenne Super \| LWB, fleetside \| 350/350/205 \| KEEPER 1971 K10 Cheyenne \| SWB, fleetside \| LS Swap 5.3/4L60 \| SOLD 1976 Trans Am \| 400/4-spd \| SOLD 1976 Trans Am \| 455/4-spd \| TOTALED



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