Installing Lock Bolt To Sector; Installation Of Shift Tube Installer - Pontiac Grand Prix Service Manual

STEERING 9-19
Fig.
9-40
Installing
Lock
Bolt to Sector
2. Slide shift bowl into mast jacket.
3. Install wave washer and lock plate in place. Work
lock plate into notches in jacket by tipping lock plate
toward bowl hub and 12 o'clock position and under
jacket opening. Slide lock plate into notches in jacket.
4. Carefully install shift tube in lower end of mast
jacket. Align keyway in tube with key in bowl and use
tool J 23073 to pull shift tube into bowl (Fig. 9-41).
CA UTZON: Do not push or tap on end of shij tube.
5. Install thrust washer and retaining ring by pulling
bowl up to compress wave washer.
6. Install support by aligning "V" in support with 'Y"
notch in jacket. Insert screws through support and into
lock plate. Tighten screws to 60 Ib. in. torque.
7. Align lower bearing adapter notches in jacket and
push in lower end of mast jacket. Shift tube should
pilot in adapter while this is done. Install retaining
clip.
8. Install the back-up light or neutral-start switch
loosely to the jacket assembly. This will be tightened
to the jacket after installing column in car and
adjustment of switch.
NOTE: Use only the proper screws.
CAUTION: Screws must not be longer than
114"
or
damage to the shift tube will occur.
9. Install centering spheres and anti-lash spring in
upper steering shaft. Install lower steering shaft from
same side of spheres that spring ends protrude.
10. Install steering shaft assembly in shift tube from
upper end. Carefully guide shaft through shift tube
and bearing.
11. Install ignition switch actuator rod through bowl
from bottom and insert in slot in support. Extend rack
downward from bearing housing.
12. Install external tilt release lever and, holding lock
shoes in disengaged position, assemble upper bearing
housing over steering shaft, engage rack over end of
actuator rod and line up the pivot pin holes (Fig. 9-42).
13. Install pivot pins.
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14. Place housing in full "UP" position and install
guide, tilt spring and tilt spring retainer, using
screwdriver in retainer slot. Turn retainer clockwise to
engage (Fig. 9-32).
15. Install inner race, inner race seat and bearing lock
nut. Adjust steering shaft torque with column in
straight-ahead position to 8 oz. in. over steering shaft
torque determined prior to this adjustment.
NOTE: This specification may be obtained by placing
the steering wheel on the shafr, attaching an ounce
spring scale to a spoke
4"
from center and obtaining a
reading of 2 ounces.
Fig.
9-42
Installing Upper Bearing Housing
-
Tilt
Fig.
9-41
Installation of Shift Tube Installer
J 23073
Column