Installation - Steering Column - Chrysler 300M Service Manual

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(32) Remove the 2 steering column upper mount-
ing bracket to support bracket nuts (Fig. 27). Then
loosen the 2 bolts attaching the steering column
lower mounting bracket to support bracket (Fig. 27).
Fig. 27 Steering Column Mounting
1 - MOUNTING NUTS
2 - STEERING COLUMN UPPER MOUNTING BRACKET
3 - STEERING COLUMN SUPPORT BRACKET
4 - STEERING COLUMN LOWER MOUNTING BRACKET
5 - MOUNTING BOLTS
(33) Remove the steering column from the support
bracket by pulling it rearward, then out of the car.

INSTALLATION - STEERING COLUMN

(1) Install the steering column on the steering col-
umn support bracket. Loosely install the two steering
column attaching nuts.
(2) Loosely tighten the two steering column upper
mounting nuts (Fig. 27) to hold the steering column
in place. Center the steering column in place, side to
side, then install the two lower mounting bolts (Fig.
27). Then equally tighten both steering column upper
mounting nuts until upper steering column mounting
bracket is seated against support bracket. Tighten
the four steering column bracket to support bracket
fasteners to 12 N·m (105 in. lbs.), tightening the
upper mounting nuts first, then the lower mounting
bolts.
(3) Assemble the intermediate steering shaft to the
steering column flex coupler (Fig. 26). Tighten the
coupler pinch bolt nut to a torque of 27 N·m (240 in.
lbs.). Be sure to install steering coupler pinch bolt
retaining pin.
(4) Install the two air ducts under the steering col-
umn (Fig. 25).
(5) If the vehicle is equipped with a floor shifter,
install the shifter/ignition interlock cable (Fig. 20) in
the lock cylinder housing.
(6) Install the shift cable mounting bracket (Fig.
24) on the steering column. The shift cable mounting
bracket is mounted to the steering column by the two
mounting screws.
(7) If the vehicle is equipped with a steering column
mounted shift lever, first verify that the shift lever is
locked in the park position. Then, install the shift cable
on the shifter mechanism (Fig. 28). The shift cable must
be fully inserted onto the pin of the shifter mechanism.
Fig. 28 Installed Shift Cable
1 - SHIFTER MECHANISM
2 - PIN
3 - SHIFT CABLE
(8) If the vehicle is equipped with a steering col-
umn mounted shift lever, install the brake transmis-
sion interlock solenoid on the shift lever mechanism.
To do so, perform the following:
(a) Align the flat inside the solenoid (Fig. 29)
with the flat on the shift lever mounting stud.
Fig. 29 Flat Inside BTSI Solenoid
1 - GUIDES
2 - SOLENOID
3 - FLAT
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