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Ackattack · 10-21-2009, 10:34 AM

I'm getting ready to install my new van tilt steering column. I have a new seal and retainer, but it won't fit over the automatic shift linkage (not the handle).

Any suggestions before I cut it up.

Thanks

chevy_mike · 10-21-2009, 11:23 AM

Soon, I will be in the same boat and wondered that too. My guess is you have to disassemble the bottom part to get it to fit. I have been looking at ways to do it without cutting but unless you take the levers off, I am not sure how it would work.

Hopefully someone will enlighten us with an easier way. I am not looking foward to disassembling the column.

CJJ67 · 10-21-2009, 01:25 PM

This may not be the right way but I have a van tilt in my 67 stepside also. At the end of the steering column (the end that is in the engine compartment) is the lever (I think that's what it's called). Bend (gently) the lever up enough so that you can slide all the seals and other stuff over it, then bend it back. I used a small hammer to bend it. Again, it may be the wrong way to do it but it worked for me.

mclairmo · 10-21-2009, 05:03 PM

I would not bend that lever. The metal will weaken and become more brittle.

Tx Firefighter · 10-21-2009, 06:39 PM

I've bent a bunch of them. They bend back fine and never had one break yet.

10-21-2009, 10:34 AM	#1
Ackattack Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Valley Center KS Posts: 3,525	steering column seal I'm getting ready to install my new van tilt steering column. I have a new seal and retainer, but it won't fit over the automatic shift linkage (not the handle). Any suggestions before I cut it up. Thanks __________________ Project Bruiser: 68 Pro-Touring C-10 5.3L / 4L60E Project Ironhide: 97 GMC Crew Cab 4x4 Cummins SOLD: '69 GMC 1/2T SWB TBI'd: Project No Buck Assembly Manual Index Sign up Thread!!! Factory Service Manual Index

10-21-2009, 11:23 AM	#2
chevy_mike Never Ending Projects Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,836	Re: steering column seal Soon, I will be in the same boat and wondered that too. My guess is you have to disassemble the bottom part to get it to fit. I have been looking at ways to do it without cutting but unless you take the levers off, I am not sure how it would work. Hopefully someone will enlighten us with an easier way. I am not looking foward to disassembling the column. __________________ . 1965 C10 Panel, Tiki Express http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=506580 SOLD 1968 Chevy C10, Long, Fleetside, Hot Rod Hauler http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=313233 SOLD 1965 Chevy C10, Long, Fleetside, Hot Rod C10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=415702 SOLD We were given two ears and one mouth for a reason... listen twice as much and speak half as often...

10-21-2009, 01:25 PM	#3
CJJ67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Temecula, Ca. Posts: 64	Re: steering column seal This may not be the right way but I have a van tilt in my 67 stepside also. At the end of the steering column (the end that is in the engine compartment) is the lever (I think that's what it's called). Bend (gently) the lever up enough so that you can slide all the seals and other stuff over it, then bend it back. I used a small hammer to bend it. Again, it may be the wrong way to do it but it worked for me.

10-21-2009, 05:03 PM	#4
mclairmo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Take Off Posts: 1,908	Re: steering column seal I would not bend that lever. The metal will weaken and become more brittle.

10-21-2009, 06:39 PM	#5
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	Re: steering column seal I've bent a bunch of them. They bend back fine and never had one break yet. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin



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