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Old 01-26-2012, 08:14 AM   #4
motornut
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Re: Steering coupler or Rag joint

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Originally Posted by Gibson View Post
I ran into this exact same problem. I happened to have discovered earlier during an ignition switch replacement that the PO had actually swapped the original '78 column for a '77 and I assumed that is what caused it. All I did was center the wheels, take the bottom of the column off the streering gearbox, and slid it up so the steering column could turn freely. Then I the centered the steering wheel and pushed the column back on the box. Took a couple of tries to get it centered correctly.
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mine won't turn like that it's keyed
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