Disassemble Bearing Housing; Upper Shift Lever Spring; Installation Of Shift Tube Remover J 23072 - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

STEERING 9-17
15. Install tilt release lever and disengage lock shoes.
Remove bearing housing assembly by pulling upward
to extend rack full down and moving housing assem-
bly to the left to disengage rack from actuator.
16. Remove actuator rod assembly.
17. Remove lower steering shaft flange on Pontiac and
Firebird, pot joint or universal joint on Tempest and
Grand Prix.
18. Remove retaining clip, spacer, spring and bearing
adapter assembly at lower end of the mast jacket.
19. Remove steering shaft assembly from upper end.
20. Disassemble steering shaft assembly by removing
center spheres and anti-lash spring (Fig. 9- 13).
21. Remove four screws securing the support assembly
to the lock plate and mast jacket and take off support
assembly.
NOTE: Use 1/4"-6 point deep socket to remove Torx
drive type screws.
22. Remove shift tube retaining ring with screwdriver
and remove thrust washer.
NOTE: Care should be taken not to jam Iower shifi lever
into "7' slot on Iower end of mast jacket while forcing
out shift tube.
CAUTION: Do not hammer or pull on lower or upper
shift tube because plastic joint may be sheared.
23. Remove shitt tube from bowl using tool J 23072,
Fig. 9-34. Pilot sleeve in upper end of shift tube and
force tube out of bowl.
24. Remove shift tube assembly from mast jacket lower
end.
Fig. 9-34 Installation of Shift Tube Remover J 23072
E V E R SPRING
Fig. 9-35Upper Shift Lever Spring
25. Remove lock plate by sliding out of jacket notches
and tipping down toward bowl hub and 12 o'clock
position and under jacket opening. Remove wave. washer.
26. Remove shift bowl from mast jacket.
27. Remove upper shift lever spring frpm shift bowl by
winding spring up with pliers and pulling out (Fig. 9
35).
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DISASSEMBLE BEARING HOUSING
NOTE: Housing can be removed with column installed
in car and lowered from instrument panel. Check
alignment of column after attaching to instrument panel.
See steps 5 through 15 outlined above.
1. Remove tilt lever opening shield from housing (Fig.
9-36).
2. Remove lock bolt spring by removing spring