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Solver · 04-16-2004, 12:22 AM

I broke the spring on the column where the gear shift selector goes on an automatic. How do I replace this spring?
Can it be replaced from top somehow or does the whole column head have to be taken apart. Hopefully there are a few column experts here to answer this

Longhorn Man · 04-16-2004, 12:32 AM

You can pull it out with a pick, and slide the new one in there, it may take a few tries, but we do them at the shop like that all the time. (we have a contract with Frito Lay, and rebuild 6 P-30 trucks a month)

Solver · 04-16-2004, 12:57 AM

Great!!!
Thanks longhorn man!
Is the spring still available from gm or do I have to get it from another tilt column?
Is it the same from a standard column?
Our year or van tilt years as this is a van tilt

Tuck · 04-16-2004, 08:46 AM

hey, I have the same problem.

were can I get a spring???

Tx Firefighter · 04-16-2004, 09:52 AM

GM dealer has them.

Like Longhorn Man, I used to work in a shop where I changed them daily. Post Office trucks used GM steering columns and they break the spring all the time..

Longhorn Man · 04-16-2004, 06:05 PM

I can get you a p/n tomorow.

04-16-2004, 12:22 AM	#1
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	broken spring on steering column I broke the spring on the column where the gear shift selector goes on an automatic. How do I replace this spring? Can it be replaced from top somehow or does the whole column head have to be taken apart. Hopefully there are a few column experts here to answer this __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

04-16-2004, 12:57 AM	#3
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	Great!!! Thanks longhorn man! Is the spring still available from gm or do I have to get it from another tilt column? Is it the same from a standard column? Our year or van tilt years as this is a van tilt __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

04-16-2004, 09:52 AM	#5
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	GM dealer has them. Like Longhorn Man, I used to work in a shop where I changed them daily. Post Office trucks used GM steering columns and they break the spring all the time.. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

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04-16-2004, 12:32 AM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	You can pull it out with a pick, and slide the new one in there, it may take a few tries, but we do them at the shop like that all the time. (we have a contract with Frito Lay, and rebuild 6 P-30 trucks a month)

04-16-2004, 08:46 AM	#4
Tuck Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: pell city,AL Posts: 263	hey, I have the same problem. were can I get a spring???

04-16-2004, 06:05 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I can get you a p/n tomorow.



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