Chrysler neon 1997 Service Manual page 630

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REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
STEERING COLUMN
TILT LOWER STEERING COL-
LEVER UMN SHROUD
Fig. 14 Key Lock Cylinder Access Hole In Steering
Column Shrouds
Fig. 15 Upper And Lower Steering Column Shrouds
(16) Remove retaining pin in the upper to lower
steering column coupler pinch bolt (Fig. 16).
(17) Loosen the upper to lower steering coupler
pinch bolt retaining nut and remove pinch bolt (Fig.
16) from steering coupler. (Pinch bolt nut is caged
to coupler and is not removable.) Then separate
upper steering coupler from lower steering coupler
shaft.
(18) Remove the 4 nuts attaching the lower
mounting bracket of the steering column to the boby
mounting bracket for the steeing column.
(19) Remove the 2 steering column assembly upper
bat wing bracket to support bracket nuts (Fig. 17).
(20) Lower steering column assembly in the steer-
ing column access opening of the lower instrument
panel.
(21) Remove routing clip (Fig. 18) holding wiring
harness to jacket of steering column. Then remove
wiring harness connectors from the multi- function
switch and the windshield wiper switch (Fig. 18).
INSTRUMENT PANEL
STEERING COLUMN
UMN SHROUD FASTEN- LOWER STEERING COL- ERS
Fig. 16 Upper To Lower Steering Column Coupler
Fig. 17 Steering Column Upper Support Bracket
VEHICLE ING HARNESS WIR-
WIRING
JACKET ROUTING CLIP
TILT LEVER STEERING
COLUMN
ATTACHING
Disassembly
Attaching Nuts
Fig. 18 Steering Column Wiring Connections
STEERING 19 - 41
MULTI-FUNCTION TURN SWITCH
HARNESS
MOUNTING UPPER STEERING COLUMN BRACKET STEERING BATWING SUPPORT BRACKET COLUMN
NUTS
SWITCH SIGNAL