Steering Column came off, help!!!

[orion]

Today my steering wheel disconnected from the rest of the column. It is still connected to the plastic housing where the ignition/tilt and the turn signal handle is, but they all flop around and can rotate independently of each other (steering wheel/ignition housing/steering column) when i would turn the wheel the shifter would move slightly between park reverse and neutral.

From looking at past posts this is nothing i want to get into myself. how much am i looking at for a shop to replace it? i'll most likely take it up to Jack Cotton.


thanks in advance

-rob

 

[1000MileStylez]

get a steering colum out of a monte carlo ss, or a gn column , its easy to install, never heard of that problem, i usually see the tilt spring gets loose, its a pain to fix but cheaper then to buy a new one

hope this helps

-Stylez

 

[orion]

thanks for the tip, i've gotta read up in my chiltons, is there anything online that might help?


thanks
rob

 

[zam70]

The tilt mech bolts came loose. Oddly enough, the column had to be pretty loose for awhile for this to happen.

It's not that hard of a job but there is a special tool ($10.00 at most A.P. stores) you'll need. It's the steering column snap ring tool.
Basically, start taking it apart from the top down...there are instructions on www.Gnttype.org.

 

[orion]

i looked around for a steering column break down on gnttype.org, couldn't find anything, is there a graphic? or a walkthrough? or both?

 

[John Larkin]

Bob Hebert has a whole column for $100 on gnttype. Bolt in yourself, no fuss, no muss. Swap the ignition switch and done.

 

[Nordbert]

Steering column repair link

http://home.t-online.de/home/O_Scholz/steering.html

I've used this link. I hope it still works!

 

[Nordbert]

steering column repair tip

The guy in the link used an 8-32 machine screw and Vice-Grips to
pull the pivot pins. Too risky for me! I use an 8-32 X 1-1/2 screw
in a small dent puller for body work (about $10 or so at Autozone,
etc.). Works great!

 

[irockwithdirt]

You sure it just came loose? I had a GM tilt colum do this a few years back.......only thing is that I had just tightened everything up less than a year ago.

Turned out one of the sheetmetal tubes in the colum broke.............in a section where it was perforated (does that paint a picture.........had slots in it).

Might want to check for this.