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snipescastle2 · 04-14-2016, 10:52 AM

Roger,
Ben Smith here. I would like to find a tilt column for my '71 short end, I know these things are getting harder to o find as we speak. I'd even spring for a good van tilt, if I could find one.
The standard column I have currently has a worn out detent plate,makes finding the gears tricky if not bypassing them all together. When you restore one of these columns, do you, or have you ever had to repair these detent plates?
I'm not in a hurry for one of these columns, but the 2007 Silverado seats I am using are pretty tall, makes the steering wheel end up in my lap, consequently making it hard to enter or exit the cab, so might be sooner than later. How often do you get one of these columns? I will at least have to ask the wife if I can do this, $500 is a hard sell with her...
Thanks!
Ben Smith

04-14-2016, 10:52 AM	#28
snipescastle2 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: WARRENSBURG,MISSOURI,64093 Posts: 1,518	Re: A very nice restored A/T Tilt Column. Roger, Ben Smith here. I would like to find a tilt column for my '71 short end, I know these things are getting harder to o find as we speak. I'd even spring for a good van tilt, if I could find one. The standard column I have currently has a worn out detent plate,makes finding the gears tricky if not bypassing them all together. When you restore one of these columns, do you, or have you ever had to repair these detent plates? I'm not in a hurry for one of these columns, but the 2007 Silverado seats I am using are pretty tall, makes the steering wheel end up in my lap, consequently making it hard to enter or exit the cab, so might be sooner than later. How often do you get one of these columns? I will at least have to ask the wife if I can do this, $500 is a hard sell with her... Thanks! Ben Smith __________________ "Persistence is the twin sister of Excellence.one is a matter of quality,the other, a matter of time" “Serious Black” my 1971 Short Bed Fleetside Sold to an outstanding man in Lees Summit,Mo. “Gone, but by no means,Forgotten”