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Apr 3, 2020 | 07:13 PM

Stangman70

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Tilt column

Any advice on reassembling the tilt mechanism spring? Its the big spring that goes between the two halves of the mechanism.

I wrestled with it for over an hour before giving up.

Apr 5, 2020 | 08:35 AM

Stangman70

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Update: I managed to get it back together between the vise and a c clamp. Tough spring! Still took me an hour to get it set right.

Apr 5, 2020 | 07:30 PM

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....sorry, noticed your thread too late. Glad you’re done!

Apr 5, 2020 | 07:43 PM

Stangman70

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I am finding that to be the easy part. I installed a lower roller bearing and now the steering shaft is too short. Seems to be getting hung up on a small collar on the base of the shaft. Is that normal???

Apr 5, 2020 | 08:25 PM

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Doesn’t sound right, but its been a while since I assembled my 68 column. The only thing I can recall at the moment is that the shift arm has to be indexed to seat in the steering shaft and allow the shaft to slide into place.