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My 1992 Sonoma...

tony barnhill

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that I love & am sneaking up on 400,000 miles broke yesterday morning....when I went to pull the tilt wheel down into driving place I heard a "snap" & it jumped right back up into the high position....& it flopped all around as I drove to my friend's salvage yard....

The only truck he had of that <span style="font-style: italic">'old a vintage'</span> ('92 is old!) was stacked up on a pile of cars designated for crushing....with other cars stacked on top of it......but, it had a steering column that worked, was just like mine & had everything on it that mine has.

Have you ever climbed a mountain of old cars & trucks, pulled a steering column praying all the time that one of the cars on top of you didn't shift & fall?

Well, I now have a good steering column....gotta clean it up this afternoon & remove the Chevrolet steering wheel so I can install my GMC whee on it...supposed to be sunny & a little warmer tomorrow so I'll make the switch then.

Always something....but, I'm gonna get 1,000,000 miles out of that truck before I turn it loose!
 

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You put some miles on that truck every year......

So... your friend.. did he look the other way when you climbed up there,
or does he have a life insurance policy on you. :thumbsup:
I guess you do your best not to forget any tools on the ground.
 
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He did say something like, <span style="font-style: italic">"The only one I know that's left is out on the scrap pile but I don't know if it has a column. You're on your own if you decide to look. But, if you find one, it's yours."</span>
 

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Well.... :smile:
 
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& it cleaned up pretty good....tomorrow I hope to get it installed.
 

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Corvette column doesn't fit a Sonoma? :jester:
 
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JPSmit said:
Corvette column doesn't fit a Sonoma? :jester:
:jester: is right....hehehe
 
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Steering column is replaced - real pain in the butt! Only thing left is that I've gotta go buy a steering wheel puller to get the Chevrolet wheel off the column so I can install my GMC wheel on it.
 

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Tony,


Have you tried loosening the nut behind the steering wheel,
& yank it hard a few times to loosen it? This has worked for me.

- Doug
 

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AngliaGT said:
Tony,


Have you tried loosening the nut behind the steering wheel,
& yank it hard a few times to loosen it? This has worked for me.

- Doug
That is a good way to loose a few teeth when the wheel violently pops off. A steering wheel puller is much cheaper than an emergency trip to the dentist.
 
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70herald said:
AngliaGT said:
Have you tried loosening the nut behind the steering wheel, & yank it hard a few times

I think the point here is to loosen the nut, not remove it. This would allow the wheel some room to move while preventing it from smacking you in the mouth.... :smile:
 

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everyone needs a steering wheel puller in their tool collection...bought mine over 30 years ago and know I used it that one time!!!! :crazyeyes:
 
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Yep - tried it all...& I need a steering wheel puller anyway.....
 

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Yeah,I said loosen the nut,not remove it.I've always
been able to get steering wheels off that way.


- Doug
 
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That Chevy wheel won't come off with me & a friend both tugging on it - loosened nut of course.
 

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drooartz said:
tony barnhill said:
loosened nut of course.
You, or your friend? :devilgrin:
All 3....steering wheel puller popped it with almost no work!
 

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