Thread: Column drop
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Old 01-17-2016, 01:11 PM   #18
G32
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Default Re: Column drop

Column ign switch pin----2 types of lockbolt / switch designs.

Look at the back of the column drop:

If the switch pin is part of the toggle switch collar--- opposite the thumb lever post--
it (pin) is non removable. The toggle switch assembly rotates freely on the lock bolt ,
and can be removed in whole when released from the lock bolt.
(These drops have a guide pin in the back that slides in keyway in the bolt to prevent bolt rotation and engages a keyway gate to limit bolt movement towards the steering shaft. Guide pin must be pulled to slide bolt into mast area)

If the switch pin is staked into the lockbolt--the pin must be pulled so the bolt
can be slid into the mast area of the drop -to release the toggle switch collar if
removing.
This style has only the lever post on the collar; and the collar is indexed to the
lockbolt via flat sides on bolt and inside the collar---the switch lever rotates the
bolt to move the switch pin.
Both types have splined collar or stainless cap on lockbolt end.

Hope this helps figure out what you have and how it works.
These vary from year to year.
Fun, fun. fun!
Gene Tulsa

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