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Disassembly (Column Shift)

  1. Disconnect negative battery cable. Remove steering column from vehicle. See STEERING COLUMN under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION. Remove steering wheel. See STEERING WHEEL & HORN PAD under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION. Remove shaft lock cover. See Figure . Using Lock Plate Compressor (J-23653-C), compress lock plate and pry retaining ring from groove in steering shaft. See Figure . Discard retaining ring. Remove lock plate. Remove turn signal canceling cam.
  2. Remove upper bearing spring. Remove thrust washer. Place turn signal in up (right turn) position. Remove turn signal/combination switch lever and hazard switch lever. Remove switch actuator arm screw and switch actuator arm. Remove 3 turn signal switch retaining screws. Remove steering column support bracket bolts and support bracket.
  3. Disconnect turn signal switch electrical connector. Remove 2 wiring protectors and carefully pull wiring through steering column. Remove turn signal switch and allow to hang free.
  4. Remove buzzer switch. Place key in lock cylinder and turn to LOCK position. Remove lock retaining screw, being careful not to drop screw down column. See Figure . Pull lock cylinder from housing.
  5. Remove second retaining ring from steering shaft. Remove steering shaft. Disconnect dimmer switch electrical connector. Remove dimmer switch retaining screws and remove dimmer switch. Remove dimmer switch actuator rod. Remove ignition switch retaining screw and remove ignition switch.
  6. Remove 4 steering column housing-to-steering column retaining screws. Remove column housing from column. Remove upper bearing retainer. Remove shift lever gate screws and remove shift lever gate. Remove ignition switch actuator rack and spring and bolt assembly from steering column housing. Remove spring and bolt assembly from ignition switch actuator rack. Remove switch actuator rod from actuator rack. Remove spring thrust washer from spring and bolt assembly.
  7. Remove switch actuator sector. Remove rack preload spring. Remove housing cover end cap screw and housing cover end cap. Remove washer/wiper switch actuator pivot pin. Remove wiper/washer switch. Remove gear shift interlock solenoid and cable assembly, if equipped. Remove bearing retaining bushing from housing. Remove horn circuit contact from bearing retaining bushing. Remove bearing assembly.
  8. Remove lower bearing adapter clip from bottom of steering column. Remove lower bearing adapter retainer. Remove adapter and bearing assembly. Remove shift tube return spring. Remove spring thrust washer.
  9. Remove gearshift lever bowl and bowl shroud assembly from upper steering column. Separate gearshift lever bowl from bowl shroud. Remove shift lever spring from gearshift lever bowl. Remove shift tube assembly from bottom of steering column. Remove bowl lower bearing from upper shift tube assembly.
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