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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 10:26 AM
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Steering column

Hey all, my steering column bearings have been gone awhile and they are beyond repair I need a new column... The only issue is finding a manual tilt wheel column is damn near impossible.... Would an automatic column work? Will I bolt up the same? Thanks
 
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 10:32 AM
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Yes it will and you can swap your internals into that auto column to make it work like it should. You have to swap the covers, the manual key release, and I believe some wiring into it, but it will indeed bolt right up other than that.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2012 | 04:14 PM
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It's not bad to change. I wonder why those bearings go in some trucks and not others? I've had trucks with 150k and bad bearing and trucks with 350k and bearing is fine.
 
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