1967 CHEVROLET CAMARO turn

STEERING 9-20

Fig.
40-Removing Pivot Pins Using Pivot Pin Removal Tool J-21854

13.
Pull up on tilt release lever to disengage lock shoes.

Remove bearing housing and hang with signal switch,

if present, until further disassembly. If signal switch

and wires were removed earlier, bearing housing

may be completely removed. Remove tilt release

lever.

14.
Remove steering shaft flange bolt and flange from

lower end of shaft.

15.
Remove retaining ring, washers, sleeve and plunger

assembly and spring from lower end of shaft.

16.
Slide steering shaft out of top end of jacket.

17.
If necessary to disassemble steering shaft, proceed

as follows:

a. Slide bearing and race off top of shaft.

b.
Turn upper shaft slightly from center line of

lower shaft.

c. Using a narrow blade screwdriver, work pre-

load spring out of upper shaft and remove spring

(fig. 41).

d. Turn upper shaft 90° from center line of lower

shaft and remove shaft.
e. Rotate centering spheres and remove spheres and

wave washer from lower shaft.

18.
Remove screws securing the support assembly to the

lockpjate and mast jacket and remove support.

19.
Remove shift tube retaining ring with a screwdriver.

Remove thrust washer (fig. 42).

20.
Remove lower bearing adapter from bottom of shift

tube by depressing plastic fingers, one at a time, and

pulling adapter out.

21.
Remove nuts securing back-up lamp, neutral start

switch to column, if so equipped, and remove switch.

Retain these mounting nuts.

22.
Remove shift tube assembly from bowl using shift

tube remover Tool J- 22551 (fig. 43). Insert the

hooked end of the tool into the notch of the shift tube

below the bowl key. Pilot sleeve into upper end of

shift tube. Force shift tube out of bowl by turning

SHIFT TUB

RETAINING RING

Fig.
41—Removing'Preload Spring from Centering Spheres
Fig. 42—Shift Tube Retaining Ring and Lower Bushing

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING 9-22

Fig.
45—Removing Lock Shoe Retaining Pin Using Tool J-22635

with screws, if plate was removed during dis-

assembly.

On automatic columns, press a new shift lever spring

into bowl, if original spring was removed.

Insert the signal switch wire harness and connector

through the bearing housing and bowl. Retain the

housing and bowl together during remaining assem-

bly. (On columns where signal switch connector can

be inserted through bowl, it is not necessary to re-

Fig.
46—Installing Shift Tube Using Shift Tube

Installer Tool J-22549
tain bearing housing and bowl together.)

8. Slide bowl into top of mast jacket.

9. Place wave washer and lockplate into position. Work

lockplate into notches in jacket by tipping lockplate

toward bowl hub under the top edge of the jacket.

10.
If seals were removed from lower end of shift tube,

cement new seals into place.

11.
Carefully install shift tube in lower end of mast

jacket. On automatic columns, align key way in tube

with key in bowl. Complete installation of shift tube

using shift tube installer Tool J-22549 as shown in

Figure 46. Do not hammer or force tube when in-

stalling in jacket.

12.
Pull up on bowl to compress wave washer and install

thrust washer and shift tube retaining ring.

13.
Insert support into jacket by aligning "V" in support

with "V" notch in jacket. Insert mounting screws

through support into lockpiate and tighten screws.

14.
Align fingers of lower bearing adapter with holes in

jacket and pilot adapter over shift tube. Snap adapter

into place.

15.
Install back-up lamp/neutral start switch on column,

if so equipped, using the same mounting nuts re-

moved during disassembly. Install the switch loose-

ly, it is to be adjusted when column is installed in

the vehicle.

16.
Assemble the steering shaft as follows:

a. Clamp the lower portion of the steering shaft in a

vise with the socket facing upward.

b.
Apply front wheel bearing lube to the centering

spheres and the steering shaft sockets. Assemble

the spheres, with the wave washer in between, and

place the spheres in the upper shaft socket.

c. Turn the spheres so the lower shaft may be in-

stalled over the grooves.

NOTE: The locating marking on the end of the .

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING 9-23

Fig.
47—I retaliating Spherical Joint Spring

upper shaft should be on the same side as the

flat on the lower shaft.

d. Install the upper shaft with spheres into the lower

shaft.

e. Insert the joint preload spring through the

spheres into the lower shaft. Using the upper

shaft to hold the spring in place, carefully feed

the spring into the upper shaft joint with a narrow

bladed screwdriver (fig. 47).

17.
Slide the race and bearing over the top of steering

shaft and install shaft in shift tube from upper end.

Carefully guide shaft through shift tube, taking care

not to tear or push out foam seal cemented inside

lower end of shift tube.

18.
Install tilt control lever and, holding lock shoes in

disengaged position, assemble bearing housing on the

shaft over the support until pivot pin holes line up.

19.
Secure bearing housing in position by pressing in the

pivot pins.

20.
Place housing in full up position and install tilt

spring, tapered end first. Install tilt spring retainer

using screwdriver in retainer slot.

21.
Install turn signal switch with three mounting

screws. Place short length screw in top position

above lock shoes.

NOTE:
If the steering shaft, adapter, mast

jacket, support or bearing housing has been,

replaced, the component stack-up in the column

will be different. Replace the lower plastic in-

jected tolerance ring and the lower bearing pre-

load spring with the necessary tolerance ring

kit as described below.

22.
Slide kit spring, tolerance ring kit, washers, and

retaining ring on steering shaft from lower end.

Seat retaining ring in steering shaft groove.

23.
Screw tolerance ring kit sections together leaving

enough inner edge exposed for later adjustment as

shown in Figure 35.

24.
Install inner race, inner race seat, and bearing lock-

nut on end of steering shaft, using locknut wrench

ToolJ-22599 (fig. 39).

25.
Remove any remaining looseness from internal col-
umn stack-up by unscrewing inner tolerance kit ring

section; then screw inner ring section back in 1/8 to

1/4 turn (fig. 36).

26.
Tighten bearing locknut installed in Step 24 above

until the torque required to rotate the steering shaft,

with the housing in the mid position, is 23 lb. in.

27.
Touch the outer surface of the tolerance ring kit at

several locations with a hot soldering iron to melt

the threads of the inner and outer sections together.

28.
Check to insure hazard warning switch is pushed in.

Remove tilt release control lever and install turn

signal switch cover using turn signal cover installer

Tool J-21853 (fig. 48). On automatic column, be sure

key in the cover is aligned with keyway in bearing

housing.

29.
Place turn signal control lever in position and se-

cure with mounting screw. Screw tilt release control

lever in. Screw hazard warning knob in.

30.
On automatic columns, place transmission shift con-

trol lever in position and insert lever retaining pin.

31.
On automatic columns to be installed in a Camaro,

insert the bulb and cap into the turn signal switch

housing (fig. 33). Slide pointer into position in bowl.

Install dial and dial retainer with mounting screws

removed during disassembly.

32.
Install steering shaft flange on bottom of shaft and

secure with flange bolt.

33.
Remove column from vise. Pull wires back against

column leaving a small amount of slack. Snap wiring

protector into position. Be sure enough slack re-

mains in wires to allow column head to tilt to full

up position.

34.
If mesh cover was removed, wrap mesh cover around

mesh portion of jacket and secure with friction or

electricians tape.

35.
Slide cancelling cam and cancelling cam spring on

upper end of shaft.

Disassembly—Standard Corvette Column (Fig. 49)

1.
Place column on a suitable work bench.

2.
Remove upper bearing preload spring and cancelling

cam from end of column.

3.
Slide escutcheon clear of wiring protector and re-

move protector.

4.
Remove turn signal lever retaining screw and re-

move lever. Push hazard warning knob in; unscrew

and remove knob.

Fig.
48—Installing Turn Signal Switch Cover Using

Signal Switch Installer Tool J-21853

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING
9-24

1.
Upper Flange

2.
Retaining Screws

3.
Mast Jacket

4.
Wiring Protector

5. Bearing

6. Signal Switch

. Screws

7.
Turn Signal Switch
Fig.
49—Standard Corvette Column—Exploded View

8.
Upper Bearing

Housing

9.
Signal Switch Cover

10.
Escutcheon

11.
Steering Wheel Nut

12.
Upper Bearing Preload

Spring

13.
Cancelling Cam

5. Remove "C" retaining ring from upper steering

shaft using snap ring remover Tool J-22569 (fig. 50).

Remove thrust washer and wave washer.

6. Remove three upper flange mounting bolts.

7. Slide upper end assembly with escutcheon off end of

column.

8. If necessary to service upper end components, re-

move the turn signal switch mounting screws. Re-

move the switch and upper bearing housing from

cover.

9. Carefully slide steering shaft assembly out of lower

end of mast jacket.

10.
If necessary, remove lower bearing assembly from

lower end of mast jacket and discard bearing

assembly.

11.
Remove flange bolt and flange from steering shaft.

NOTE:
If the steering shaft assembly, mast

jacket, bearing housing, jacket flange, or lower

bearing assembly has been replaced, the com-

ponent stack-up in the column will be different.

Replace the lower plastic injected tolerance

ring an4 lower bearing preload spring with the

tolerance ring kit.

12.
Slide lower bearing spring, plunger, tolerance ring

and sleeve assembly, and thrust washer off shaft.
14.
Retaining Ring

15.
Thrust Washer

16.
Wave Washer

17.
Spring

18.
Spacer

19.
Washer

20.
Retaining Ring

21.
Steering Shaft

Fig.
50-Removing "C" Ring Retainer Using Tool J-22569

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING 9-25

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Fig.
51-Assembling Upper End

13.
If necessary, remove two seals from lower end I.D.

of jacket.

14.
If necessary, unwrap mesh cover from jacket.

Assembly—Standard Corvette Column (Fig. 49)
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OUTER SECTION

Fig.
52—Tolerance Ring Kit—First Adjustment

14.
Touch the outer surface of the tolerance ring kit at

several locations with a hot soldering iron to melt

the threads of the inner and outer ring sections

together.

1.

4.

5.

6.
of lithium soap grease to all 15. Place turn signal switch lever in position and secure

10.

11.

12.

13.
Apply a thin coating

friction surfaces.

If seals were removed from lower end I.D. of jacket,

cement two new seals into position.

If lower bearing assembly was removed, press new

lower bearing into position at lower end of mast

jacket.

Slide thrust washer, tolerance ring kit, plunger, and

new kit spring into position from top of steering

shaft.

Install flange and flange bolt on lower end of steering

shaft.

Carefully slide steering shaft into lower end of mast

jacket.

Assemble upper bearing housing and turn signal

switch into cover and secure entire assembly to mast

jacket upper flange with three signal switch mounting

screws as shown in Figure 51.

Feed turn signal switch wires through escutcheon.

Slide escutcheon and upper assembly onto upper end

of column. Secure upper flange to column with three

mounting bolts.

Screw tolerance ring kit sections together leaving

enough inner edge exposed for later adjustment (fig.

52).

Slide wave washer, thrust washer, and "C" retaining

ring loosely into place at top of shaft.

Complete installation of "C" retaining ring using

snap ring installer Tool J-22659 as shown in Figure

50.
Be sure retaining ring is completely seated into

steering shaft groove.

Remove any remaining looseness from internal col-

umn stack-up by unscrewing inner tolerance ring kit

section; then screw inner kit section back in 1/8 to

1/4 turn. See Figure 53.
with screw. Screw hazard warning knob into position.

16.
Pull signal switch wires flat against column, install

wiring protector, and slide escutcheon into position.

17.
If mesh cover was removed, wrap mesh cover around

mesh portion of mast jacket and secure with friction

or electricians tape.

18.
Install spring and cancelling cam on end of shaft.

RING KIT

OUTER SECTION

fig.
53-Tolerance Ring Kit-Final Adjustment

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING
9-26

Fig.
54—Corvette Telescoping Column—Exploded View

1.
Wiring Protector

2.
Screw

3. Screw

4. Turn Signal Switch

5. Upper Bearing

Housing

6. Signal Switch Cover

7. Escutcheon
8

9

10

11

12

13

14
8.
Mast Jacket

9. Bumper

Key

Bumper

Bumper Key Strap

Steering Wheel Nut

Upper Bearing Preload

Spring
15.
Cancelling Cam

16.
Retaining Ring

17.
Thrust Washer

18.
Wave Washer

19.
Retainer

20.
Bearing

21.
Spring

22.
Washer
23. Retaining Ring

24.
Lower Steering

Shaft

25.
Upper Steering

Shaft

26.
Locking
Rod

27.
Wedge

Disassembly—Corvette Telescoping Column (Fig. 54).

1.
Place column on a suitable work bench.,

2.
Remove upper bearing preload spring and cancelling

cam from end of shaft.

3.
Remove turn signal lever retaining screw and re-

move lever. Push hazard warning knob in; unscrew

and remove knob.

4.
Remove upper retaining ring from upper steering

shaft using a screwdriver. Remove thrust washer

and wave washer. -

5. Remove three- screws from the lower bearing

retainer.
6. Carefully slide steering shaft assembly out of lower

end of mast jacket.

7. Remove flange bolt and flange from lower end of

shaft. -

CAUTION: Use caution when removing the low-

er retaining ring in the following step. The lower

bearing washer is under load from the com-

pressed spring and could cause injury when the

lower retaining ring is removed.

8. Carefully remove lower retaining ring as shown in

Figure 55. Remove washer* spring, packing, and

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING 9-27

Fig.
55— Removing Lower Bearing Retaining Ring

bearing assembly from lower end of shaft.

9. Push upper steering shaft section into lower section

until spring pin is visible at pin access hole in lower

section. Drive out spring pin.

10.
Remove upper shaft section from lower section. If

necessary, replace locking wedge and locking rod at

this time.

11.
Remove bumper key strap (fig. 56). Remove keys and

bumper assembly.

12.
Remove screws securing bottom of wiring protector

to column.

13.
Slide inner jacket section, switch cover, switch,

upper bearing housing, wiring protector, and es-

cutcheon off top end of jacket.

14.
If necessary, remove three turn signal switch mount-

ing screws and remove switch and upper bearing

housing.

15.
If necessary, remove seals from I.D. of mast jacket.

16.
If necessary, unwrap mesh cover from jacket.

Assembly—Corvette Telescoping Column (Fig. 54)

1.
Apply a thin coating of lithium soap grease to all

friction surfaces.

2.
If seals were removed from I.D. of mast jacket,

cement new seals in positions where old seals were

removed.

3.
Place locking wedge and locking rod into upper shaft

and slide upper shaft into lower shaft.

4.
Align upper and lower shafts and insert spring pin

into access hole.

5. Install bearing, packing, spring, washer, and retain-

ing ring on bottom of steering shaft. Seat the re-

taining ring into the steering shaft groove with a

screwdriver.

6. Carefully slide steering shaft into lower end of mast

jacket.

7. Install bearing retainer over lower end of shaft and

lower end of jacket. Secure retainer with three

screws.

8. Install flange and flange bolt on lower end of steering

shaft.

9. Feed wires of turn signal switch through turn signal

switch cover and escutcheon, and place switch and

upper bearing housing in cover. Secure switch to

cover with three mounting screws.
10.
Place wiring protector inside escutcheon.

11.
Start escutcheon and wiring protector, with signal

switch wires, over end of outer jacket.

12.
Slide inner jacket section into outer jacket section.

13.
Secure switch cover to flange of inner jacket section

by tightening the signal switch mounting screws.

14.
Secure the bottom of the wiring protector to the col-

umn with two screws.

15.
Assemble keys and bumper and place the entire as-

sembly in position in the jacket. Install bumper key

strap.

16.
Slide wave washer, thrust washer, and upper retain-

ing ring into place at top of shaft. Seat retaining ring

in steering shaft groove with a screwdriver.

17.
Place turn signal switch lever in position and secure

with screw. Screw hazard warning knob into position.

18.
If mesh cover was removed, wrap mesh cover around

mesh section of jacket and secure with electricians

or friction tape.

19.
Slide cancelling cam and upper bearing preload

spring over top end of shaft.

Installation

NOTE:
Before placing column in position in

vehicle, refer to figures 19 through 23 and slide

dash panel seals, covers, plates, and clamps

loosely into position on column for later

installation.

1.
Move front seat back as far as possible to provide

Fig.
56—Removing Bumper Key Strap

CHEVROLET CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL

STEERING 9-31

Fig.
63—Freeing Ball Stud

rod threads with EP Chassis lube and install ends on

tie rod making sure both ends are threaded ah equal

distance from the tie rod.

2.
Make sure that threads on ball stud and in ball stud

nuts are perfectly clean and smooth. Install neoprene

seals on ball studs.

NOTE: If threads are not clean and smooth,

ball studs may turn in tie rod ends when at-

tempting to tighten nut.

3.
Install ball studs in steering arms and relay rod.

4.
Install ball stud nut, and install cotter pins. Lubri-

cate tie rod ends.

5.
Adjust toe-in as described in Section 3.

NOTE: Before locking clamp bolts on the rods,

make sure that the tie rod ends are in alignment

with their ball studs (each ball joint is in the

center of its travel). If the tie rod is not in

alignment with the studs, binding will result.

RELAY ROD-ALL MODELS EXCEPT CORVETTE

Removal

1.
Remove inner ends of tie rods from relay rod as

described under Tie Rod - Removal.

2.
Remove cotter pin and nut from relay rod ball stud

attachment at pitman arm.

3.
Detach relay rod from pitman arm. Shift steering

linkage as required to free pitman arm from relay

rod.

4.
Remove cotter pin and nut from idler arm and re-

move relay rod from idler arm.

Installation

1.
Install relay rod to idler arm, making certain idler

stud seal is in place, then install and tighten nut.

Advance nut just enough to align castellation with

cotter pin hole and install pin.

2.
Raise end of rod and install on pitman arm. Secure

with nut and cotter pin.
3.
Install tie rod ends to relay rod as previously

described under Tie Rods. Lubricate tie rod ends.

4.
Adjust toe-in (see Section 3) and align steering wheel

as described previously in this section under Steer-

ing Wheel Alignment and High Point Centering.

RELAY ROD-CORVETTE

Removal

1.
Remove steering damper from relay rod as outlined

under Steering Damper-Removal. Remove anchor

bracket from relay rod by disconnecting two mount-

ing bolts.

2.
Remove inner ends of tie rods from relay rod as

described under Tie Rod--Removal.

3.
Remove cotter pin from end of relay rod at pitman

arm ball stud attachment, and remove stud nut.

4.
Tap brJl stud out of pitman arm and lower relay rod.

5.
Remove cotter key and nut from idler arm and re-

move relay rod from idler arm. Remove washer and

seal from idler arm.

Installation

1.
Place relay rod on idler arm stud, making certain

idler stud seal and washer are in place, then install

and tighten nut. Advance nut just enough to align

castellation with cotter pin hole and install pin.

2.
Install new seal and clamp over ball at end of pitman

arm.

3.
Install inner spring seat and spring to relay rod.

4.
Raise end of rod and install on pitman arm.

5.
Install spring seat, spring, and end plug.

6. Tighten end plug until springs are compressed and

plug bottoms, then back off 3/4 turn plug amount

necessary to insert cotter pin. Insert cotter pin to

lock adjustment.

7.
Install tie rod ends to relay rod as previously de-

scribed under Tie Rods.

8. Lubricate tie rod ends and pitman arm to relay rod

ball joint.

9. Install steering damper bracket and tighten bolts.

Install damper as outlined under Steering Damper--

Installation.

10.
Adjust toe-in and align steering wheel as described

previously in this section.

IDLER ARM

Chevrolet, Chevelle, Comoro, and Corvette (Fig. 62)

Removal

1.
Remove idler arm to frame nut, washer, and bolt.

No washer is used on Corvette.

2.
Remove cotter pin and nut from idler arm to relay

rod ball stud.

3.
Remove relay rod from idler arm by tapping relay

rod with a hammer using a heavy hammer as a

backing.

4.
Remove idler arm.

Installation

1.
On Chevrolet, place seal in position on idler arm

stud; position stud up through frame, and secure with

lock washer and nut.

2.
On Chevelle, Camaro, and Corvette, position idler

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