GMC 1976 ZEO 6083 Maintenance Manual page 590

9- 58 STEERING
Figure 89-Removing
Tilt
Lever Shield
25 . Remove shift tube assembly from jacket from
lower end.
26 . Remove lock plate by sliding out of jacket
notches and tipping down toward bowl hub at 12
o'clock position and under jacket opening. Remove
wave washer .
27 . Remove bowl from jacket . Remove shift lever
spring from bowl by winding spring up with pliers
and pulling out.
Figure 90-Removing Lock Bolt Spring
Figure 91-Removing Drive Shaft
28 . Remove tilt lever opening shield from hous-
ing (figure 89).
29 . Remove lock bolt spring by removing spring
retaining screw and moving spring clockwise to
remove from bolt (figure 90).
30 . If there is a snap ring, remove it from sector
drive shavt . With small punch lightly tap drive shaft
from sector (figure 91). Remove drive shaft. Remove
rack and rack spring (also shim, if there is one) .
Remove sector and bolt .
31 . Remove tilt release lever pin with pin punch
and hammer . Remove lever and release lever spring .
(To relieve load on release lever, hold shoes inward
and wedge block between top of shoes (over slots and
bearing housing) (figure 92).
32 . Remove lock shoe pin with punch and ham-
mer. Remove lock shoes and lock shoe springs.
33 . Remove bearings from bearing housing only if
they are to be replaced .
Remove separator and balls
from bearing. Place housing on work surface. With
a pointed punch against back surface of race, care-
fully hammer race out of housing until bearing puller
can be used . Repeat for other race . Do not re-use
bearings .
ASSEMBLY OF STEERING COLUMN
Apply thin coat of lithium grease to all wear
surfaces except lock, bolt and lock bolt hole .