Steering Column: Reassembly
- Install key release lever and spring into shroud. Install retainer plate. Using an arbor press, install bearings into housing (if removed). Using a .180" (4.5 mm) pin to align shoes, install lock shoe springs, lock shoes and shoe pin into housing. Relieve tension on release lever.
- Install spring, release lever, and pin into bearing housing. Install drive shaft into housing. Lightly tap sector onto shaft, far enough to bottom on drive shaft. Install lock bolt.
- Engage lock bolt with sector cam surface. Install rack and spring. Block tooth on rack should engage block tooth on sector. Install tilt release lever. Install lock bolt spring, and spring retaining screw. Tighten screw to 35 INCH lbs. (4 N.m).
- Install shift lever spring in bowl by winding up with pliers and pushing in. Slide bowl onto jacket. Position wave washer and mounting plate in place.
- Work jacket mounting plate into notches in jacket by tipping jacket mounting plate toward bowl hub at 12 o'clock position and under jacket opening. Slide jacket mounting plate into notches in jacket.
- Install shift tube into lower end of jacket. Align key in tube with keyway in bowl. Using Installer (C-4119), pull shift tube into bowl. See Fig 1. DO NOT tap on end of shift tube.
- Pulling up bowl to compress wave washer, install thrust washer and retaining ring. Slide dimmer switch actuator rod through hole in support. Aligning "U" in support with "U" notch in jacket, install support.
- Insert 4 screws through support into lock plate. Tighten screws to 60 INCH lbs. (7 N.m). Drive lower bearing approximately 3/16" into tube. Slide ignition actuator rod between bowl and jacket.
- Install centering spheres and anti-lash spring into upper steering shaft. Install lower steering shaft from same side of spheres that ends protrude. Ensure that master serration of upper shaft aligns with master serration of lower shaft.
- Place shift bowl in "PARK" position. Holding lock shoes in disengaged position, install bearing housing over steering shaft until pivot pin holes align with holes in support. Ensure rack has engaged ignition switch actuator rod.
- Install Pivot Pins. Use hand pressure to prevent damaging support pivot holes. Using small hammer and drift, tap in pins to complete installation. Place housing in the fully up position.
- Install guide and peg onto support. Install tilt spring and spring retainer. Using a screwdriver turn retainer counterclockwise to engage. Install inner bearing race and seat. Install tilt lever opening shield in housing.
- Remove tilt release lever. Install housing cover. Seat screw at 12 o'clock position. Install and tighten 3 screws to 100 INCH lbs. (11 N.m). Install buzzer/chime switch to spring clip with spring bowed away from switch on side opposite contact.
- Push switch and spring into hole in cover with contacts toward lock cylinder. Install key light (if equipped). Install turn signal switch. Feed wires and connector through cover, bearing housing and shift bowl.
- Install hazard warning knob. Install canceling cam, cam spring and shaft lock plate. Using Compressor (C-4156) to depress lock plate, install new retaining ring.
- Reinstall tilt release lever and turn signal switch lever. Install upper shift lever. Drive in pivot pin. Position shaft lock cover over lock. Snap shaft lock cover into position by pressing on outer edges.
- To install ignition lock, turn key to "LOCK" position. Remove key. Buzzer operating lever should retract into cylinder. Slide ignition switch to "LOCK" position (second detent from bottom).
- Insert cylinder into housing far enough to contact drive shaft. Press inward while moving ignition switch actuator rod up and down to align parts. When properly aligned, cylinder will move in and spring loaded retainer will snap into place locking the cylinder into housing.
- Push ignition switch lightly up column, toward lock housing, to remove lash in actuator rod. Tighten mounting screws to 35 INCH lbs. (4 N.m). Install wire protector. Seat actuator rod on dimmer switch.
- Depress dimmer switch until 2 3/32" drill bits can be inserted into alignment holes. See Fig 2.
- Reposition upper end of actuator rod in pocket of washer/wiper switch. With light upward pressure on switch to remove lash, install and tighten 2 screws on switch. Remove drill bit(s).
- Ensure that switch clicks as lever is lifted. Check for proper operation of ignition lock, wiper/washer switch, dimmer switch and steering mechanism.