UA-camrs need to learn from this guy. Simple quick indroduction, straight to the point, good camera shots and good lenght. Not "90% explaining what they are going to do" then 10% doing it with shitty music in the bacground. 5 stars.
Good video. This is a common problem with all GM tilt wheel columns from that era. I had an '82 Caprice that had a loose column and I just bought an entire replacement column at a auto salvage yard and installed it. Always wondered what the process was for digging into the column to fix the issue. Now I know. Too bad youtube didn't exist in the early 1990's.
You sure helped me out! I've got the same problem with a 1990 Suburban column. One thing that might help is to use a 1" 8x32 grade 8 bolt and nut to get the pivot pins out. That wouldn't strip as easy, plus using a grade 8 nut, washers and the steering wheel nut will work great. Thanks!
Great video. I am in the middle of doing this for my 1983 CJ7 Jeep. It has the same GM column. I learned a lot from your video. I also made a homemade tool for the steering lock...worked great. The pins on the side were really hard to get out but like you, they finally did. The two ball bearings are cheep to replace and they come with the ignition gear and spring as well. They are now a sealed bearing rather than open in the race. Also, as was the case with my tilt, the bolts were tight but the plastic knuckle was worn out. You stop short of removing the plastic knuckles but easy to do. Just rotate the short shaft 90 degrees and it comes right out. The plastic knuckles are readily available from GM as well. Again, great video! Thank you very much.
Great video. I've been into one of these a couple times, but it was back about 15 years ago. Getting ready to do the same repair on my 81 C30 this weekend, this was a great refresher before I tear into it.
Thank you sir! I'm dealing with the first year of the locking/tilting column (1969) and while they started changing the damned thing the very next year, this was immensely helpfull... (For some idiotic reason they used a big old 1-3/16" nut and no crown to hold down the first bearing just for 1969, but had an easy, spring-loaded flat 'push-pin' to release the lock-cylinder instead of that skinny philips screw...)
Excellent Work! U Gave Me The Courage To Tackle The Job On My 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo With The Same Problem a Wobbly Tilt Steering Column!....Thank U So Much.....MM
Thank you for this! I'm balls deep in my own column. Think my column came out of a 70 Chevelle, lots of similarities here to help me through the process.
Thank You for the video , I did this repair twenty years ago , it worked till now , then I forgot how to repair this , after seeing your video very helpful , Thanks Snow white , My puller Truck !
Read how to do this on the SwuareBody forum. But I was lost after about the turn signal switch. I have never been deeper than that in a Steering column. Sucks it's such a long process one day I will need to fix mine. Thanks man. Saving this video.
This was an excellent video! The details you provided were really appreciated. I did this on my 74 blazer and it worked perfectly. Now I have to repeat this on my 78 4x4....the wife uses the column to pull herself into the truck and the dang thing wobbles like crazy now. Anyhow thank you again for the time you put into this. Mike
My cousin took it upon himself to try to fix the wobble in my 86 fiero and just stopped once we reached the hinge pins. Been sitting for almost a year. About to change that lol
Great video, So glad you did this. I was working on mine and the BB's fell out when I moved the tilt trying to repair a switch. I did not know those was pins.
This was really helpful man. I need to do this job. I have all the tools except the slide hammer for the pins, but knowing that it's 8-32 is golden, I can even make a little slide hammer if I need to now. But I won't. I'll use vice grips just like you did. My Burb has the fancy turn signal/wiper/cruise switch, and a few years ago the wiring shorted out and smoked a bit. Now the wipers only work on full blast and don't auto-return. Hopepfully I can pull that switch at the same time and fix the wiring that burned up. I think it just got old and brittle, and at the time the tilt got used a lot. Definitely subscribed.
I just finished putting my rig back together (well... almost) after doing this, and I have to say: PLEASE DO NOT USE 8-32 SCREWS! Buy the proper pin remover! It's just $10. Doing so would have saved me countless hours of work. I had to get a parts column and combine my two columns to get one good one after the screw broke off in the pin rendering a puller useless. This was was more complicated than it needed to be. This video is a bit more explanatory too: ua-cam.com/video/o_pPkQz5YXc/v-deo.html Your video got me started, but I am sorry to say that using 8-32 screws to remove the pins is bad advice, brutha.
Good video, but a piece of advice. The proper tools to press down the lock ring are less than $30 and are at any parts store. The last one I bought was in the help sexual oreillys for $18
Great video for many C10s but my 87 with tilt has the wiper controls on the turn signal as is a little different. There are a couple more pieces to mine that are not on yours and I had to go back and undo it a couple of times.
My bearing fell apart was plastic must been original from 79 just got my order from lmc truck they look more hd i no one of them go on the shaft the other one go on top of the metal tilt where you put the bearing plate on?
Hey Sir, Good video. Do you or anybody else know how to get the hinge pins out that are stuck in. I was Very Careful with special pulling tool from Autozone, but both of the bolts shaped off. I even used lubricant spray on the second pin and the bolt broke off inside it as well. I also tapped on it with a punch just to loosen it, but no luck.
Sir, My steering wheel is rusted on the top and bottom. I used a wire brush and removed some of it. Would it be alright to spray some Rustoleum, Rust Converter on the top and bottom without affecting the ground for the horn. Thanks, Greg
@@SquarebodyStuff oh man , that’s a big bummer, I grow up in 60’s and 70’s I know I don’t have to tell you what they don’t make vehicles like that anymore, now they make junk vehicle and ask for $30-75 thousand for Absolutely crap car a trucks
This is realy great! Thanks. Did you have to do anything to get the ignition actuator rack to reconnect to the actuator rod that goes down to the ignition switch?
Under the turn signal switch should have been a rectangular thing with 2 copper fingers. Did yours not have it? Do you know what they're for? I forgot to install this, now my relay is always hot.
I have a 1991 Wrangler that I'm trying to get column put back together on & for some reason the lock plate doesn't want to press back down enough to get lock clip on without crushing the plastic horn contact cam thing 🤔 any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?! Also I didn't disassemble it quite as far down cuz I couldn't get pivot pins out. (Ended up snapping screw off in it trying to do the socket method cuz I just had cheap screw) So I just tightened two torque screws I could get to.
That's a hard one to help with without seeing it with my own peepers. Make sure you have the lock plate turned the correct way. The center should dished in and not out if that makes sense.
@@SquarebodyStuff yes i finally figured that out, also I just left the horn cam off cause the horn didn't work anyway...just now got the SOB done! Boy I love my Jeep but she makes me invent new cuss words!!!
Sir, I am going back to together. I bought new bearings. I tapped the bottom one in and it came apart. I put the bearing back together and just started it in the race, thinking that when I get the Collar on it should push in. Can you quickly guide me how to put the ignition lock in and guide the collar on. I am being careful, but it doesn't slide on like yours did in the video. Is their a Facebook where I can video chat with you? Thanks, Greg
Was replacing the ignition switch on my 83 k10 pickup and the actuator rod that connects to the switch fell out of the column. Does that mean something broke?
Great video! Question: I want to replace the outer black shell of the column. For the tumbler and the shifter. How much more work is it to replace the outer case for the shifter? Would that slide right off too if I too the shifter off?
Sir, I used a pivot pin puller from AutoZone and the bolt broke off inside pin on both sides. I am trying to drill out the bolt and use an easyout but it is failing. Any ideas anybody on how to get the pivot pin out???
Squarebody Stuff this is my 2nd square body, the first one was a MINT 76 Scottsdale 3/4 big block camper truck. The ‘85 I just acquired has been used and abused!! Going to bring her back to all her glory!!! Your video is absolutely priceless!!
Honestly not familiar with the wiring on that particular vehicle, but it should be similar to the trucks. I don't think they had the brake switch tied into the gear selector in those.
If you Read this I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!!! 1993 Silverado Actually Fell apart. Bought one from E-Bay. Nor the Correct one Trying to Return.. Please If you have a Good one or know someone that has one Please Hook me up with them. Tilt wheel, Cruse, Intermittent wipers.
The purpose of watching these vids is to get a close up look at whats going on and “how to”. Filming from about 10’ away is useless.. the subject matter in this case is the steering column. Why film from so far away .?
Hey Sir, Can I get your e-mail? I have a few small parts that I would like to ask you where they go back in. I can't send photos on this menu, only GIFS. Thanks, Greg
Does the turn signal switch usually go bad??? My left turn signal switches fine just with the turn signal arm, but the right signal arm won't snap into position without me assisting it at the white plastic switch bracket.
Well your camera angle is way bad and it's too far away for me to see what you're doing need to improve your camera angle thank you cuz I need to do that also with my 71 C10 but it does not have a tilt steering wheel so basically I guess it's the same process only it's not a tilt!!!
I know, I wish I could do some of my older videos over and cut out a lot of my babbling. I've gotten better about it with experience in my later videos.
For more videos featuring my 1979 c10 shortbed we call Creampuff go check out this playlist. ua-cam.com/play/PLzr1ksHJJMTx0oAm6F7SDyvUMOAQWFNjB.html
UA-camrs need to learn from this guy. Simple quick indroduction, straight to the point, good camera shots and good lenght. Not "90% explaining what they are going to do" then 10% doing it with shitty music in the bacground. 5 stars.
Thanks.
Seeing your improvised substitutes for special tools made me feel right at home😂
Thank you so much. You saved my butt with this video. took me 3 weeks to get it done due to over time at work and forgot what went where.
That was the best column rebuild video that I have seen..I will be fixing my lose column soon.. your video will save me a lot of headaches...thank you
Thanks, glad it was helpful.
Good video. This is a common problem with all GM tilt wheel columns from that era. I had an '82 Caprice that had a loose column and I just bought an entire replacement column at a auto salvage yard and installed it. Always wondered what the process was for digging into the column to fix the issue. Now I know. Too bad youtube didn't exist in the early 1990's.
Great step by step... tackling mine on my 89 K5 today! I wasn't sure it was going to make it through my last rock crawling trip. :)
Lol, my rock crawler is the same way. Not sure how it's still together.
You sure helped me out! I've got the same problem with a 1990 Suburban column.
One thing that might help is to use a 1" 8x32 grade 8 bolt and nut to get the pivot pins out. That wouldn't strip as easy, plus using a grade 8 nut, washers and the steering wheel nut will work great.
Thanks!
Thanks bro, my local parts store said I needed a whole new column 👍
Been trying to fix my truck for almost 2 years thanks a lot
You're welcome
Great video. I am in the middle of doing this for my 1983 CJ7 Jeep. It has the same GM column. I learned a lot from your video. I also made a homemade tool for the steering lock...worked great. The pins on the side were really hard to get out but like you, they finally did. The two ball bearings are cheep to replace and they come with the ignition gear and spring as well. They are now a sealed bearing rather than open in the race. Also, as was the case with my tilt, the bolts were tight but the plastic knuckle was worn out. You stop short of removing the plastic knuckles but easy to do. Just rotate the short shaft 90 degrees and it comes right out. The plastic knuckles are readily available from GM as well. Again, great video! Thank you very much.
Great video. I've been into one of these a couple times, but it was back about 15 years ago. Getting ready to do the same repair on my 81 C30 this weekend, this was a great refresher before I tear into it.
Thank you sir!
I'm dealing with the first year of the locking/tilting column (1969) and while they started changing the damned thing the very next year, this was immensely helpfull... (For some idiotic reason they used a big old 1-3/16" nut and no crown to hold down the first bearing just for 1969, but had an easy, spring-loaded flat 'push-pin' to release the lock-cylinder instead of that skinny philips screw...)
Excellent Work! U Gave Me The Courage To Tackle The Job On My 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo With The Same Problem a Wobbly Tilt Steering Column!....Thank U So Much.....MM
Glad it helped.
Thank you for this! I'm balls deep in my own column. Think my column came out of a 70 Chevelle, lots of similarities here to help me through the process.
Thank You for the video , I did this repair twenty years ago , it worked till now , then I forgot how to repair this , after seeing your video very helpful , Thanks Snow white , My puller Truck !
Thanks, I'm glad it helped refresh your memory.
That was really good I’m having the same problem I was looking for steering column to change it, thank you oh
Good helpful video getting those side pins out was my concern
Thanks. The proper tool for them makes it much easier, but it can be done without it.
Just used this to help fix the column in my Camaro. Great video!
Read how to do this on the SwuareBody forum. But I was lost after about the turn signal switch. I have never been deeper than that in a Steering column. Sucks it's such a long process one day I will need to fix mine. Thanks man. Saving this video.
Hope it helps.
Excellent video! IMO the best one so far.
It is very cool to see your video skills improve from the start.
I'm 40 something videos in, long way to go!
This was an excellent video! The details you provided were really appreciated. I did this on my 74 blazer and it worked perfectly. Now I have to repeat this on my 78 4x4....the wife uses the column to pull herself into the truck and the dang thing wobbles like crazy now. Anyhow thank you again for the time you put into this. Mike
You're quite welcome. Thanks for the great feedback
Thanks for this video! I’m going to attempt this tomorrow on my 76
Good luck I
I just sold mine today and was just moping around and came across this video and well god good job!
Thanks, sorry for the loss. Maybe you'll find another one.
Doggone steering columns is hard on a big handed fella……good video man, i know im late to the party
You're a lifesaver brother. Gonna happen this weekend on my '87 burban.
Good luck with it.
My cousin took it upon himself to try to fix the wobble in my 86 fiero and just stopped once we reached the hinge pins. Been sitting for almost a year. About to change that lol
Excellent vid - thanks! I had mine disassembled and wasn't sure how the ignition rack fit back in.
Thanks, Hope the video helped.
bro, thank you very much for making this video, I was able to fix the steering wheel woble on my steering wheel, thanks 🙏🙏
You're welcome. I'm glad it helped
Great video, So glad you did this. I was working on mine and the BB's fell out when I moved the tilt trying to repair a switch. I did not know those was pins.
Thanks.
Man I got a 78 K5 Blazer with this issue. Video was much appreciated.
I'm glad it helped out.
Nice work bro. Looking to do mine
I need to do my 88 monte this weekend.
Very well explained very good job my brother thank you for your knowledge
Thanks
Thanks for the video. I have a lot of play on my steeringcolumn, hope this is the same problem, so I can get it fixed.
You're welcome. Most of the time it's the same issue. Only one way to find out. Just tear into it. If I can help in any way just let me know.
This was really helpful man. I need to do this job. I have all the tools except the slide hammer for the pins, but knowing that it's 8-32 is golden, I can even make a little slide hammer if I need to now. But I won't. I'll use vice grips just like you did. My Burb has the fancy turn signal/wiper/cruise switch, and a few years ago the wiring shorted out and smoked a bit. Now the wipers only work on full blast and don't auto-return. Hopepfully I can pull that switch at the same time and fix the wiring that burned up. I think it just got old and brittle, and at the time the tilt got used a lot. Definitely subscribed.
I just finished putting my rig back together (well... almost) after doing this, and I have to say: PLEASE DO NOT USE 8-32 SCREWS! Buy the proper pin remover! It's just $10. Doing so would have saved me countless hours of work. I had to get a parts column and combine my two columns to get one good one after the screw broke off in the pin rendering a puller useless.
This was was more complicated than it needed to be. This video is a bit more explanatory too:
ua-cam.com/video/o_pPkQz5YXc/v-deo.html
Your video got me started, but I am sorry to say that using 8-32 screws to remove the pins is bad advice, brutha.
Good and complete video, very helpful. Thank you
Watched this 2 times.was a piece of cake.good video very helpful thanks
Good video, but a piece of advice. The proper tools to press down the lock ring are less than $30 and are at any parts store. The last one I bought was in the help sexual oreillys for $18
Thanks, I have the tool now and have a video on how to use it.
Great video for many C10s but my 87 with tilt has the wiper controls on the turn signal as is a little different. There are a couple more pieces to mine that are not on yours and I had to go back and undo it a couple of times.
Thanks for the video dude. Having the same trouble with my 83 S15 but not for long lol.
Hope it helps out. Thank you for watching.
Did a Great Job ..I have a 86 GMC
Thanks
Like, Shared and Subscribed.. I never leave comments on youtube but I am now cause this was an awesome video - Well Done!!!
Thanks. That is a huge complement. I really appreciate it.
My bearings fell out i recover them all! Could u put a vìdeo on on how to put them back together.
Thank you man, just what I needed 👍🏼🙏🏼
Glad it helped out.
My bearing fell apart was plastic must been original from 79 just got my order from lmc truck they look more hd i no one of them go on the shaft the other one go on top of the metal tilt where you put the bearing plate on?
Super helpful, thank you!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching
Great video, very informative!
Hey Sir, Good video. Do you or anybody else know how to get the hinge pins out that are stuck in. I was Very Careful with special pulling tool from Autozone, but both of the bolts shaped off. I even used lubricant spray on the second pin and the bolt broke off inside it as well. I also tapped on it with a punch just to loosen it, but no luck.
Do you have any videos about tightening up the steering
Not so exciting ? Repairing these columns can become way TOO exciting for many !
Great video. But if u gonna start a video eith squarebody burnout gotta have a posi hahahaha
Working on it, lol.
snap on sells a swivel pin puller for $25. first time you bust a screw off in a pin you will regret not using it.
Sir,
My steering wheel is rusted on the top and bottom. I used a wire brush and removed some of it. Would it be alright to spray some Rustoleum, Rust Converter on the top and bottom without affecting the ground for the horn.
Thanks,
Greg
I would clean the rust off and use wd40 or something similar. Paint will not allow a good ground.
@Squarebody Stuff The WD 40 is conductive and would stop any future rust? I remember years ago they used spray WD 40 in the distributor cap.
Oh wow!!!!! I want that Chevy truck?!!! That’s a 1970 Chevy truck???? . Can I ask what state you are in ????
It's a 79 and not for sale.
@@SquarebodyStuff oh man , that’s a big bummer, I grow up in 60’s and 70’s I know I don’t have to tell you what they don’t make vehicles like that anymore, now they make junk vehicle and ask for $30-75 thousand for Absolutely crap car a trucks
This is realy great! Thanks. Did you have to do anything to get the ignition actuator rack to reconnect to the actuator rod that goes down to the ignition switch?
I had to fiddle with it a little bit. Don't recall exactly what I did. I've slept a time or two since I done this video.
@@SquarebodyStuff Copy that. Thanks again,
Under the turn signal switch should have been a rectangular thing with 2 copper fingers. Did yours not have it? Do you know what they're for? I forgot to install this, now my relay is always hot.
Very awesome and helpful video
I have a 1991 Wrangler that I'm trying to get column put back together on & for some reason the lock plate doesn't want to press back down enough to get lock clip on without crushing the plastic horn contact cam thing 🤔 any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?! Also I didn't disassemble it quite as far down cuz I couldn't get pivot pins out. (Ended up snapping screw off in it trying to do the socket method cuz I just had cheap screw) So I just tightened two torque screws I could get to.
That's a hard one to help with without seeing it with my own peepers. Make sure you have the lock plate turned the correct way. The center should dished in and not out if that makes sense.
@@SquarebodyStuff yes i finally figured that out, also I just left the horn cam off cause the horn didn't work anyway...just now got the SOB done! Boy I love my Jeep but she makes me invent new cuss words!!!
It's a Jeep thing, not everyone understands. 😂😂😂
You saved my life
Your welcome
@@SquarebodyStuff what do you know about swapping the round eye grill to am 89 ?
You need to swap the whole front clip if you wanna do it right.
I want to do it right hell yeah.... did that mean core support and all?
Yes, fenders, hood, core support.
Sir, I am going back to together. I bought new bearings. I tapped the bottom one in and it came apart. I put the bearing back together and just started it in the race, thinking that when I get the Collar on it should push in. Can you quickly guide me how to put the ignition lock in and guide the collar on. I am being careful, but it doesn't slide on like yours did in the video. Is their a Facebook where I can video chat with you?
Thanks,
Greg
Great video man!!
Thanks
i got a 1979 chevy k20 my sector gear and rack are lining up causing the key to get stuck what do i do???
Sounds like you'll have to take it apart and realign them
Thanks man
Was replacing the ignition switch on my 83 k10 pickup and the actuator rod that connects to the switch fell out of the column. Does that mean something broke?
87 chevy truck and 87 gmc sterring wheel interchangeable
Yes
How come the horn didn't work? I couldn't tell if you pushed the horn button enough for it to beep..I'm trying to fix mine...
The battery was not hooked up if I remember correctly.
Could u tell me the name of the other tools I need to buy i bought the steering wheel puller lock tight
Great video!
Question:
I want to replace the outer black shell of the column. For the tumbler and the shifter. How much more work is it to replace the outer case for the shifter? Would that slide right off too if I too the shifter off?
i could sure use you to fix mine
Bring it on by.
Where are you located
South central Missouri. 70 miles east of Springfield.
@@SquarebodyStuff Thats quite aways from me as im in oregon
thanks for the videos
Yeah, that's a ways away. If you decide to do it yourself, just take your time. It's not to bad of a job. Thanks.
I broke the 8/32 screw off in the pin. Think I’m gonna have to drill the pin out
How many bearings are there ? I would like to change them all
I don't remember off the top of my head. Here's a website that has all the parts and diagrams you might need. www.steeringcolumnservices.com/
@@SquarebodyStuff awesome thanks
Bent my lock plate up using a cheap tool-
Anyone know where to get a replacement ready to go?
Sir, I used a pivot pin puller from AutoZone and the bolt broke off inside pin on both sides. I am trying to drill out the bolt and use an easyout but it is failing. Any ideas anybody on how to get the pivot pin out???
Watch the video and you'll see haw I get the pivot pins out.
@@SquarebodyStuff I just did, but your bolt didn't break off inside the pivot pins like mine did.
Might try drilling it bigger and tapping it for a larger bolt
I have the same issue with my 97 mustang (crowd sweeper).
But way worse. Cant find anything on it @ UA-cam.
Help?
Wish I could help, but I've never had one of them apart.
@@SquarebodyStuff Shucks... Looks like im about to have it apart. I guess i should make a video while im at it since there isn't one .. Wish me luck
Thank you!!!
You're welcome
Squarebody Stuff this is my 2nd square body, the first one was a MINT 76 Scottsdale 3/4 big block camper truck. The ‘85 I just acquired has been used and abused!! Going to bring her back to all her glory!!! Your video is absolutely priceless!!
can a bad brake light switch keep a 84 buick from being able to move the gear lever out of park or stop the car from cranking?
Honestly not familiar with the wiring on that particular vehicle, but it should be similar to the trucks. I don't think they had the brake switch tied into the gear selector in those.
@@SquarebodyStuff thanks
I thank you sir, finally a video I needed!!!
I had to replace the ignition switch gears! The long one!
Thank you thank you!!!
Glad it helped
Is it possible to take my non tilting floor shift column and mis it up with a tilt column I have that is column shift?
Won't be able to mix and match parts, you can change the whole column out.
@@SquarebodyStuff well dang
If you Read this I NEED HELP PLEASE!!!!! 1993 Silverado Actually Fell apart. Bought one from E-Bay. Nor the Correct one Trying to Return.. Please If you have a Good one or know someone that has one Please Hook me up with them. Tilt wheel, Cruse, Intermittent wipers.
The purpose of watching these vids is to get a close up look at whats going on and “how to”. Filming from about 10’ away is useless.. the subject matter in this case is the steering column. Why film from so far away .?
wondr wer i can get thos bearings 🤔
www.steeringcolumnservices.com/gmtilt.php
@@SquarebodyStuff Thanks, Thanks a whole lot Man 👊🏼😎
No problem
1:04 to skip the minute long intro
Lol, yeah I don't have a long intro on my latest videos. Even I got tired of watching it.😂😂😂
Hey Sir,
Can I get your e-mail? I have a few small parts that I would like to ask you where they go back in. I can't send photos on this menu, only GIFS.
Thanks,
Greg
Does the turn signal switch usually go bad??? My left turn signal switches fine just with the turn signal arm, but the right signal arm won't snap into position without me assisting it at the white plastic switch bracket.
Nice work, jerk. 😎
Parts
Fingers are to fat to work on cars bro
🤣👈💯🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
The struggle is real
Well your camera angle is way bad and it's too far away for me to see what you're doing need to improve your camera angle thank you cuz I need to do that also with my 71 C10 but it does not have a tilt steering wheel so basically I guess it's the same process only it's not a tilt!!!
This video will not help you anyway. The 71 column it a totally different unit.
God u talk to much
I know, I wish I could do some of my older videos over and cut out a lot of my babbling. I've gotten better about it with experience in my later videos.