79-83 manual tilt column rebuild

[78customdeluxe]

So my '84 I'm going to build like my '82 high school truck was for the most part, but there will be some changes. For instance, I'm going nv4500 instead of sm465, and tilt instead of a straight column, because as most of you know, they didn't put as much room between the steering wheel and seat in 84 compared to 82 or maybe 20 years later I'm not as small as I used to be :/ . Well you know how hard it is to find a squarebody tilt manual, let alone a 79-83, well I'll show you some differences in the auto to manual. 84-91 would be much easier than the older ones to build, but you can do it either way. I didn't take as many pictures going together, because I ran into some issues and got fed up with some things. I also didn't go all in on actual disassembly and reassembly pictures, because there are many places out there that have that.

Anyways, the disassembly is straightforward. Remove the lock plate, remove the turn signal switch assembly after removing the arm and the hazard button. remove the lock cylinder, the tilt lever, and the three screws holding the upper bowl onto the upper pivot bracket. Then remove the tilt spring with a phillips screwdriver, pushing in and turning counter clockwise a little bit and it comes out. Then remove the pivot pins and thread the tilt lever back in because you need to disengage the tilt locks. I didn't take any pictures of the lower part disassembly though. I'll have more in the next post on some differences and parts I used.