Chrysler neon 1997 Service Manual page 1435

19 - 18 STEERING
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
STEERING COLUMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
STEERING GEAR TO STEERING COLUMN
COUPLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
DIAGNOSIS AND TESTING
STEERING COLUMN TO STEERING GEAR
COUPLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
STEERING COLUMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
STEERING COLUMN
The tilt steering column (Fig. 1) used in this vehi-
cle has been designed to be serviced only as a com-
plete assembly, if a component of the steering column
is determined to be defective. The only replaceable
components of the steering column assembly, are the
key cylinder, ignition switch, multi- function switch,
clock spring, trim shrouds and steering wheel. These
replaceable components of the steering column can be
serviced without requiring removal of the steering
column from the vehicle.
STEERING COLUMN
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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION
STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . 20
STEERING COLUMN SERVICE PROCEDURE
WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SPECIFICATIONS
STEERING COLUMN FASTENER TORQUE
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
STEERING GEAR TO STEERING COLUMN
COUPLING
This vehicle uses a different design for the cou-
pling used to connect the steering column to the
steering gear (Fig. 2).
This coupling has a hollow convolouted tube (Fig.
2) which allows the coupling to bend rather then
colapse when a vehicle is involved in a collision. The
previous coupling used on this vehicle incorporated 2
release washers which allowed the coupling to sepa-
rate into 2 pieces, if necessary, when a vehicle was
involved in a collision.
Fig. 1 Tilt Steering Column
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