How To Replace your Lower Column Bearing: Better and Cheaper!!!

72bluNblu said
Have you removed the steering shaft yet? In addition to the machine screws that hold the steering collars together, you have to remove a few phillips head screws and the c-clip that holds the steering shaft into the steering collars.

To get rid of the shift tube from there, you also need to remove the gear shift lever (drive out the roll pin) and remove the set screw that holds the shift tube in.

You basically have to disassemble the entire thing to get the shift tube out.

Thanks for the quick reply. The column is out and in vice, but I haven't got too far yet as I've been trying to research how to proceed first. I removed the wiring harness cover, steering wheel, and the 4 phillips screws under the steering wheel. I don't recall seeing a c-clip but I'll look again when I get home. I understand I need to disassemble the entire thing, I've just been struggling to find any documentation on how to go about doing it. With that said, I literally just found this site: http://www.mymopar.com/index.php?pid=109

I don't see a manual specifically for a '72 Dodge Dart, but I'm assuming the "1970 Dodge Challenger & Dart Service Manual" should be the same at least for the steering column. This service manual looks 1000x better than the crappy Chilton manual I currently have and actually has a section for disassembling the column. If anyone has a link to the actual service manual for a '72 Dodge Dart or know where I could acquire one please let me know.