How to Change the GMC Truck Steering Column
Trucks come in all forms and sizes, but yours may not have the options you want. Some makes come with a tilt steering column, which is available for access and exiting the truck. Plus, the alternative settings can make propelling the truck involving at ease for you. You can begin a advanced steering column in your GMC truck in to an day with the suited tools.
Things You'll Need
- 1/4-inch ratchet and socket set
- 3/8-inch ratchet, extension and socket set
- Flat-head screwdriver
- Replacement steering column
- Place the key in the ignition, and place your GMC truck in the minimum gear possible. Then push off the bezel that goes nearby the broadcast and the gauges. Push the truck there in park.
- Unloose the lower dashboard from the truck utilize the 1/4-inch ratchet and socket set.
- Unloose the black under dash support that goes under the column, utilizing the 1/4-inch ratchet and socket set.
- Unloose the steering column from the steering linkage at the bottom of the firewall utilizing the 3/8-inch ratchet. This will let you to free the column from the linkage once the column is ready to be removed.
- Unloose the transmission shift cable from the steering column on the passenger side of the column, utilizing the flat-head screwdriver. It's a ball-and-socket style clip, but be cautious when removing it. If you damage the plastic shroud around the transmission cable, you will have to replace the whole assembly.
- Unloose the steering column from the dashboard using the 3/8-inch ratchet, extension and sockets. The column is free to remove, so push it away from the cab and put to the side.
- Put the replacement column onto the dashboard screws and loosely thread in the nuts by hand. This will get you to position the column easier at the base.
- Bolt the base of the column to the steering linkage utilize the 3/8-inch ratchet. The linkage can collapse in or out depending on your need, so dragor pull it to your requirements, and then screw it in place.
- Reassemble the remaining of the dash and column in the reverse order of take loose.