Dodge Dart Lite
What started as a simple job has ballooned into a huge goat rope.
PO did not have the keys so I needed to change the steering column key cylinder.
Didn't need to take the column out, but wanted to paint the column inside part, it was a little worn.
First I could not get the coupler off the steering box.
Got the coupler off after a few attacks from different angles.
Of course the rubber seal was ripped, so I ordered a new seal and retainer.
After that I had the column on the bench and everything was going well.
Changing the cylinder was easy enough after disassembling every damn thing.
Putting it back together I found out about the rivets.
There are aluminum rivets on the column jacket for the crush zone.
2 were gone and the 3rd one was loose.
As I was shooting new rivets in, the ball bearings started falling out of the lower column support.
So now I need to find that bearing.
And the column now is in a million pieces.
What started as a simple job has ballooned into a huge goat rope.
PO did not have the keys so I needed to change the steering column key cylinder.
Didn't need to take the column out, but wanted to paint the column inside part, it was a little worn.
First I could not get the coupler off the steering box.
Got the coupler off after a few attacks from different angles.
Of course the rubber seal was ripped, so I ordered a new seal and retainer.
After that I had the column on the bench and everything was going well.
Changing the cylinder was easy enough after disassembling every damn thing.
Putting it back together I found out about the rivets.
There are aluminum rivets on the column jacket for the crush zone.
2 were gone and the 3rd one was loose.
As I was shooting new rivets in, the ball bearings started falling out of the lower column support.
So now I need to find that bearing.
And the column now is in a million pieces.