1980’s era Chevrolet (GM) steering column tear down to key switch
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- update correction: at 22:40 ish I misidentify the key buzzer switch (the part that is missing) as a part of the horn. It is actually what causes the ignition to buzz when keys are left inside while off, reminding you to take them out. Thanks techno! (See pinned comment)
this is a very common steering column found on many 1970-1995 era GM’s and even some Jeeps
The steps shown will cover most styles of columns but there are “others” (they suck more)
Also, this procedure is done on a out-of-car column (from a junkyard) and was a frequent thing to have to do during the 90’s and early 2000’s when people had to start turning to junkyards more and more for replacement columns.
This would typically be done while sitting in the drivers seat and aside from heat/cold/weather issues it is actually way easier to do this as you normally would with it mounted in the vehicle.
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22:40 Key minder buzzer. Horn is handled through the copper post on the turn signal switch assy and the plastic ring behind the lock plate.
yay for stamped codes.
technosasquatchfilms ohhhh yeah that’s what thing does :) pinned! I’m getting old and forget sh*t
hmmm, horn might work then. When I told him about it he knew about the little snap in deal on the front so maybe he will plug it in too see
He probably took it out on purpose. The key minder is annoying.
@@selock my
You just made my day! I was searching and searching and your video showed the horn buzzer piece. I was literally pulling my hair out trying to find how that goes back in. I got the new tumbler back in and the key won't come out. No wonder why the previous owner broke the key off in the old tumbler. Now I just need to figure out how to get the key out of the new tumbler and put everything back together. Thank you so much for your video.
Got 85 short bed dad passed away 2 years ago, retired from marines served 4 tour till he was 66 he retired 2006 he bought the most thong he could never afford nice things sending me to college he left me the show truck its beast this video is so great thank you I was looking and asking my passed away dad help me found a video to take key switch off ...thanks bro.
.will definently save your channel
I did a ton of these in the early 80s as flat rate kid and probably only replace ignitions when I had to replace the broken column part when car was stolen most of time it was for broken wires and switches the plastic was cheap when it was new .Your channel locks killed me I would impact that snug that hit it with hammer and it would pop off . Your a better teacher than me I would do it my head and forget to say it out loud and hope they seen that .
Thanks for the trip down memory lane... just under 2 months short of 30 years ago, I had to replace the turn signal switch on my '72 Olds Cutlass.
Oh I wish I had a memory like this.
I knew very little about how to replace an ignition lock before this video, and thanks to it I had no problems at
all!!
Thanks for the detailed breakdown, it helped me out with the horn switch and blinker switch I was having trouble with 👍
By far the best video I’ve seen on the take down and putting back together of a steering wheel column
Thank you!
Was fun watching you do this for a change. I've taken these apart to fix problematic tilt wheel mechanism numerous times. I've only had to change ignition lock once, clip type, slide hammer old off and snap new one in... Oh, wait..., I wasn't suppose to tell you that😅
Thanks Jason
Jason, this column looks identical to the one on my 1989 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale. The car was a gift from a friend who passed away in 2004. He bought it in Monroe, LA which is due west of Jackson, MS. It runs perfect, but I did replace the air in 2014, which is needed here in SE TN. Fascinating video, and a job well done! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. Your video guided me through this perfectly.
Thanks a million this really helped me reassemble my column. Also, thanks for that horn buzzer update. I was really scratching my head on that.
Very good job. I replaced the entire lock with New Keys in the box. It cost me 15 trips to the hardware store and I bought and Made every kind of steering wheel puller Possible and finally with four big C-Clamps and a puller I rigged up with a cheater pipe four feet long and A Three pound Hammer ... The steering wheel was ruined and popped off and landed in the seat. It took me a week to finally say " Yes" and I have no Idea Why. Ive pulled plenty of them off by hand sitting in the car once the nut was removed. It's all back together and my key buzzer stays on and Ive got to hopefully find the wire and see what I did different. The horn works great. Ive had a rough time physically because I'm Disabled and Ive worked on the truck until my son is old enuff to help and now all the tools are worn out. Ive been randomly chosen to be a guinea pig for science to set standards by ... First for O.S.H.A. and then to set up a neighborhood Pagan Death Warrant House my parents had no idea they Purchased as a trap set up by a community surrounding us. It's A sick Ignorance people Have. To lose and Lose your Humility and never stop terrorizing a Man and His Son he's Prayed for all His life and Has everything in the world and people around it...All eyes on him...look at how intelligent we are with all of our chakra and technologies look at that guy struggle why doesn't he do this or do that? Why doesn't he just... BECAUSE I'm being attacked physically by the EMP that come with Idiots who had life handed to them and raised more to say takes one to know one... It's not the way to be in Community WE are the People and there's not one polite way to say "WHY DONT YOU JUST WALK RIGHT OVER HERE AND SEE IF I COULD USE A HAND BECAUSE IM OBVIOUSLY LIVING IN MY PARENTS BASEMENT WITH MY SON BECAUSE IM UNABLE TO WORK MY JOB ANY LONGER DUE TO EXTREME OVER EXPOSER TO EMF. I WAS SURROUNDED BY THEM SOMETIMES 60 HOURS A WEEK AS ONE IF THE MOST CERTIFIED WELDERS IN THE UNITED STATES. I WORKED IN A LIVING HELL ENVIRONMENT AND LOVED BUILDING ALL THE BRIDGES TO GET EVERYONE IN THE USA WHERE THEY ARE GOING. CHANCES ARE.. IF YOU LIVE IN THE USA AND TRAVEL IN A VEHICLE ESPECIALLY MUSSOURI YOUVE DRIVEN ACCROSS A BRIDGE IVE WORKED ON OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. IM SLOWLY MAKING A COMEBACK AND RECIVERED A MAJOR HERNIA REPAIR. I'm just trying to figure out what I ever didn't do for My Country that made people think Sabotage and backstabbing and watching a Man Work and Do his job seem like the right thing to do to not Be considered for the world's most Stupid award...When you could care less than to offer a hand... When you couldn't be upright to understand... Go back to Mizzou and ask Who are we? This is Missouri ain't it? Where did the zz come from and why do we all Stink? Smells like the big cats exhibit at the Zoo. They all know better they all set themselves apart from the Best. I'm still here...I'm still Near...I wont allow any stinkin up my thinkin.. or My son's. I'll have My Day My Way and Very soon to Say GOD KNOWS MY HEART IS WITH THE PEOPLE!!!
Thank you for this, had to replace my igition lock cylinder as it was preventing me from turning my car off :(
Good video helped me out in a bind.
Hey, great video on this. All the other ones I watched on the tube didn’t show the most important parts. Pulling the gd steering wheel off and that spring plate. They skipped forward to pulled out the pin and changing the cylinder.
Hi Jason.
Thanks for taking the time to do the video.
Wow what an awkward job just to make a key.
It's a good job you didn't put that toolkit in the back , I think you did think about putting it somewhere else when you did an under the counter tidy video.
I had to do similar work on a late 80s gm car a few years ago. It ended up taking me a week of working on it a few hrs/day. Much more difficult than replacing the cylinder on a late model GM vehicle.
So i have an 82 gmc high sierra v6 2wd. The person i bought it from.bupassed the ignition via the steering colum and there is a lever or metal rod that when you turn the ignition it pulls this little lever and starts the car. What is that part called. I want to reconnect it but i don't even know what it is called.
SE Lock and Key ,what could be my problem if, after removing the key switch, the part behind it still will not turn? I was hoping my problem was the key tumbler but column is still locked down. Car is a 85 Buick Regal with 42,000 miles. Car gas sat for most of its life, was my big sisters car.
Thank you so much boss
My GM steering wheel kit is also a red metal tool box very similar to yours. It is buried under other tool boxes in the van and I have to dig it out about every 18 months.
Totally awesome vid witch helped me a ton. But, how do I replace the gear, spring and d link? I put in a new lock, and horn parts, but it still does not engage the ignition. Any help for me please? I daily drive my 85 Camaro that I restored (yes, this lady restored it after driving it 25 years) and now this broke! So, I need ideas. It's a tilt steering column. Cheers! V
Do they still sell the internal parts for the steering columns? My dad’s 1990 C1500 has been sitting in our lot for over 15 years and I would like the get the steering wheel and the column components rebuilt so that I could move it out of the way but he told me that all the internal parts broke and he threw them away and I have a feeling that is going to be a problem due to how old it is.
Awsome video hi 😂Maybe you can help me ..1982 cutlass supreme .when i tilt my column up or down seems stiff it use to be soft with no problem..any suggestions? Help I love my car
Name of compression tool for locking ring?
A monthly job for me 😅 half are vats though so require a little more work to get going, good ol' Saginaw columns
ye olde GM column. Our GM column kit is an ammo can! Ever used a Masco-Kenyon ignition puller? Made here in Cleveland.
Jeff Moss never used one of those, I’ve got another box of all this stuff somewhere in the back, this was my last “get all the necessary stuff together and keep it in the red metal box I don’t use” (used to keep in ammo can also, in fact the other stuff may still be in one) I have some old Blackhawk (I think) stuff too. Thank goodness this isn’t so much a thing now
My lock plate has a screw on the left side if its to loose it rattles when turning ?
I have a question for you so my truck goes in all the gears I can see it shifting at the transmission but I can't get the truck to move is something broken in my dashboard what tells the truck to move on a square body like I said I can see it shifting on the transmission inside the truck but I can't get it to move
Absolutely no idea, I'm a locksmith and if it goes beyond the ignition switch I couldn't help
@@selock thank you so much lol I realized your locksmith once I sent the message I appreciate your time
Hi - I don't know if you can answer this - but I took a steering column apart on a 1980s GM vehicle to replace the wiper switch. I took it apart a little further than you did - I took the collar off around the ignition switch also so I could get the wiper switch out. I was careful when I did this and I put all of the parts back together. Well, when I got it all back together, the steering column doesn't lock in the lock position, the horn doesn't work, and the turn signals don't cancel. I checked the lock plate is like 1/16" higher than it used to be, even with the little circular holding clip in there. I added a washer above the lock plate to push it down ever so slightly more so everything that didn't work before will work now. But I shouldn't have to do this! Does anyone know what went wrong here? I did not leave any parts out and it all seemed to go back together OK - so I can't figure out why there was a problem now. For now the additional washer makes it work, but I know that isn't right, it shouldn't be like that.
Nobody has a video on the wiper washer switch :(
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Dude you so saved my ass with this video…
The horn wire goes into the white plastic tower BEFORE you put the steering wheel on.
I'm having a problem getting the tumbler in. The only way it goes all the way in if the notches aren't lined up. Sure the key will turn it on but you can't remove the key. The tumbler looks the same as the old tumbler.
Hey buddy I just ran across your video today and I have a 1981 Chevy 1Ton 4x4 that we ended up loosing the keys to it!! If I was able to get mine apart and get the numbers and letters of the switch would you be able to make me a key for it?? Or would it be better to just get a new lock switch for it?? Any help would definitely be appreciated!!
Any locksmith should be able to make you the key by the switch numbering if it has it on there. 10+ years ago it would have been a common very inexpensive replacement part at any auto parts place but last time I looked around, out of curiosity, I noticed either no stock/extremely high prices/long lead time.
It’s a standard GM 6 cut bolt on switch though
What's the the thing called u press on next to horn buzzer
doodad or thingamajig
In what sequence do i get the actuator arm to function with the signal?
I used a one inch Roofing nail head to get that ring out work good.
hey never tried that, great idea I can see how it would work well!
Buddy, my steering column looks super easy. Even if you just barely bump the steering wheel when you get in or out. Isn’t it supposed to lock after half a turn or something?
Blazer?
@@selock close. It’s a k30
@@22Platypus certain year models were way more prone to that, a few 83-87 were very prone. They had a slightly different plate that interacted different with the locking pin
@@selock Which part needs to be replaced?
Mine doesnt lock
Whats the correct adjustment for the grasshopper spring
Hello, I can let you borrow some sockets and wrenches to take off the steering wheel so you dont have to use your channellocks
Difficult job well done
what kind of key cutter is that
Curtis 14
My horn buzzer broke during the fix, so I threw it away and was going to roll with no horn, but when I put everything back together my horn stays ON! It wont go off unless I unplug the battery.
Ah, I see that is the key minder that broke by reading the comments. Well I don't know what the hell I did with the horn but it stays on as soon as I compress the spring down and put the c-clip on, basically when the brass ring under the white plastic touches the little brass rod that pushes in and out.
I dont understand why he didnt use a socket or a wrench on the puller.
because he didn’t want to
Should be using the right tools
43:04 Heard this and noticed you're wearing gloves.... 😂😂
Was hoping you would take it apart further than that. My column is very similar in my 87 Chevrolet celebrity. It is a euro sport edition. My ignition is messed up in mine. The key was jammed in the ignition ignition ignition would not turn. Took it apart to discover the arm that is connected to the ignition turn gear was bent on the inside. The Tilt bolts were loose was the main reason I had took it apart one time already but when I tightened it up I discovered that the labor was bent. I'd like to send it to you or someone that can rebuild it. I'm at my wit's end with it. I've had it apart four times.
vwbussesareforever we don’t work past where I went in this video :)
You could use some wrenches.
I have hundreds, do you need to borrow one?
Looks like a major pain in the ass. Lol. Quite a process. You really should use spanner for your pullers though. I would forget what goes where these days without taking a million photo's. Haha
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get the correct tools please
lol 😂
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Buy some wrenchs
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