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01-14-2024 03:48 PM

Mystery with tilt column...

Recently I bought a used tilt steering column from a '79 or 80 GMC Jimmy. I installed this into my son's 81 Chevrolet C10 Frankentruck. Then I noticed something strange. The steering wheel is now upside down and will not fit on it any other way. I thought that the steering columns were all pretty much the same. Is there a reason for this? Was I supposed to have a different center rod for the steering column?

old Rusty C10

01-14-2024 07:38 PM

Re: Mystery with tilt column...

what if you seperate the shaft from the box, or one of the joints and rotate 180 degrees

chrismoore701

01-15-2024 08:30 AM

Re: Mystery with tilt column...

What he said. Just separate from the box and rotate 180

Getter-Done

01-15-2024 02:08 PM

Re: Mystery with tilt column...

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The easiest place to rotate it could be right here in the picture below.

If your intermediate shaft has this setup.

There is a snap ring that you can take out.

There are 2 plastic square blocks that act as a u joint.
You can rotate it here also the best I remember.

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