Steering column swap

[qksilver]

having done this a couple of times in the same truck,in the last 2 weeks. some advice, make sure your front tires are straight ahead, so that when you line everything up the steering wheel will be straight, replace the rubber? part of the rag joint at the coupling at the steering box, Summit has a borgenson piece"high end" for I think 9 bucks, much better than the dorman part. Locktite the various nuts bolts if they aren't self locking. Separate the lower shaft from the upper column, hook up the various wiring connections, ignition switch, neutral switch etc then insert the upper column part way thru the fire then install the lower column, run the bolts in a bit both at the rag joint and the pot joint. After you have everything hook up loose then tighten everything at the steering column, dash part and the firewall strap..........then go over everything again, to double check! It is your steering system so be safe.

Steve