Loose steering column. Fix or replace ?

[serehill]

Yeah

You'll find this very helpful:

http://www.epiccomputer.com/dale/jeepjunk/tilt/tilt.html

Excellent write-up. It's about baby Jeeps but the columns are the same.

This is exactly the same column it's an easy fix. Bearing & everything is available. Look closely if it's only slack in the column then this will take you about 3 hours worst case. It's rewarding & a lot easier that changing out the column.
If it's more than slack in the column it doesn't matter then. You'll have to do this & fix the other steering issues also. Steering shaft or gear box. look closley..

[serehill]

actually tons of resource for these saginaw columns.

When the original column in my '79 Honcho broke I was unable to find new bearings. The races were plastic, and very dry and brittle. This was back in the 90s. I eventually swapped columns out (2 or 3 times now) and the junkyard replacements dont last very long

These columns were used in tons of GM rigs with exactly the same bearing. Cross reference & year one & all tose type guys have them.

[spyoung]

This is an old thread and the link to the repair no longer works. does anyone have another link to a repair?

[serehill]

Yeah I lost it too

http://street2mud.com/webfiles/Tilt%20Column%20Fix.pdf

Git r dun

[spyoung]

Just what we need for Saturday morning! Thanks!

[TexTJ209]

I did this on my CJ, pretty easy unless your pivot pin puller snaps off in the pivot pin itself.