1967 CHEVROLET CAMARO Chassis Workshop Manual

STEERING 9-17

STEERING SHAFT

SHIFT TUBE

Fig.
34—Shift Tube and Steering Shaft

17.
Remove bearing adapter clip (fig. 34).

18.
Remove bearing adapter with bearing, and shift

tube spring. On automatic columns, remove spring

thrust washer (fig. 32).

19.
U necessary, press bearing out of bearing adapter.

20.
Withdraw shift tube assembly from lower end.

21.
Remove the lower bowl bearing from the top end of

the jacket by inserting a suitable length of pipe or

wooden rod through the lower end and tapping the

bearing out. This bearing may be reused in this

column or discarded. It may not be used as a re-

placement part in another column.

22.
Slide steering shaft lower bearing spring, plunger,/

tolerance
*
ring and sleeve assembly, and thrust

washer off upper end of shaft.

23.
If necessary, unwrap mesh cover from jacket.

24.
Remove flange clamp bolt and flange at bottom of

steering shaft, if so equipped.

Assembly—Column Mounted Powerglide Lever or

Floor Shift Column (Fig. 32)

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

friction surfaces.

2.
If lower shift bowl bearing was removed from jacket,

press bowl bearing into top end of jacket.

3.
If lower bearing was removed from adapter, press

lower bearing into adapter.

4.
On automatic columns, install spring thrust washer

on end of shift tube against lower shift lever.

5. Install shift tube spring and adapter on end of shift

tube and secure with bearing adapter clip (fig. 34).

6. Slide shift- tube into position through lower end of

jacket.

7. Attach the back-up lamp/neutral start switch, if so

equipped, to the jacket using the same nuts removed

during disassembly. Install these nuts loosely; the

switch must be adjusted after column is installed in

the vehicle.

NOTE:
If the steering shaft assembly, mast

jacket, upper bearing housing assembly, 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

and bearing preload spring with the necessary

tolerance ring kit as described below.

8. Slide thrust washer, tolerance ring kit, plunger, and

kit spring into position from top of steering shaft.

9. Slide steering shaft assembly into position through

lower end of jacket.

10.
On automatic columns, if upper shift lever spring

was removed, press a new upper shift lever spring

into shift lever bowl. Be sure spring is seated in

bowl pocket.
Fig.
35—Tolerance, Ring Kit—First Adjustment

11.
Insert the upper bearing housing assembly and the

turn signal switch assembly into the cover, feeding

the signal switch wires through the back of the cover.

12.
Align the signal switch and bearing housing holes

with the holes in the cover. Install three mounting

screws through the holes.

13.
Slide three springs onto screw ends at rear of cover

and place lockplate in position over screws and

springs. Turn screws three turns into lockplate.

14.
Feed switch wire through the shift lever bowl and

place upper end assembly on top of bowl.

15.
Place the shift lever bowl and signal switch cover

assembly on top of jacket, aligning the tangs on the

RING KIT

OUTER SECTION

Fig.
36—Tolerance Ring Kit—Final Adjustment

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STEERING 9-18

I.D. of the lockplate with the slots in the top of the

jacket.

16.
Lock upper end assembly into position by pushing 18.

down on the cover assembly and rotating assembly

fully clockwise. Tangs on lock plate must engage

slots in jacket. 19.

17.
Tighten three turn signal switch mounting screws in
a gradual criss-cross sequence to avoid cocking the

lockplate.

Screw tolerance ring kit sections together leaving

enough inner edge exposed for later adjustment as

shown in Figure 35.

Slide wave washer and thrust washer over steering

shaft against upper bearing housing.

17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3

34 V33 29 27 26

36 35 32 3130 28

46 45 44 -43 42

Fig.
37—Tilt Steering Column—Exploded View

1.
Cover

2.
Steering Wheel Nut

3. Nut

4.
Seat

5.
Race

6. Screw

7. Turn Signal Switch

8. Bearing Assembly

9. Spring Retainer

10.
Lock Shoe Pin

11.
Shoe

12.
Bearing Housing
13.
Pivot Pin

14.
Shoe Springs

15.
Spring

16.
Release Lever Pivot

Pin

17.
Release Lever

18.
Bearing

19.
Upper Shaft

20.
Spring

21.
Sphere

22.
Wave Washer

23.
Lower Shaft
24.
Tilt Spring

25.
Screw

26.
Support

27.
Lock Shoe Guide

Pin

28.
Stop Plate

29.
Screw

30.
Retainer

31.
Thrust Washer

32.
Lock Plate

33.
Wave Washer

34.
Shift Lever Spring
35.
Shift Bowl

36.
Shroud

37.
Mast Jacket

38.
Dash Seal

39.
Shift Tube Assembly

40.
Adapter

41.
Bearing

42.
Tolerance Ring Kit

43.
Washer

44.
Retaining Ring

45.
Bolt

46.
Flange

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STEERING 9-19

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.
Start "C" retaining ring over steering shaft taper.

Complete installation of retaining ring using snap

ring installer J-22659 as shown in Figure 28. Be

sure "C" retaining ring is completely seated into

steering shaft groove.

Remove any remaining looseness from internal col-

umn stack-up by unscrewing inner tolerance kit ring

section; then screw inner kit ring section back in

1/8 to 1/4 turn (fig. 36).

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.

Place turn signal switch lever in position and se-

cure with screw. Screw hazard warning knob into

position.

If column is automatic and to be installed in a Chevy

II or Camaro, install the bulb and cap (fig. 33). Slide

the indicator into the 'shift bowl. Install dial and re-

tainer with screws removed during disassembly.

Install flange and clamp bolt at bottom of steering

shaft, if so equipped.

Remove column from vise and pull wires flat against

bottom of jacket. Snap wire protector and clip into

place.

If mesh cover was removed, wrap mesh cover around

jacket and secure with electricians or friction tape

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Slide cancelling cam and

spring onto end of shaft.
upper bearing preload

Disassembly-Til* Column (Fig. 37)

NOTE:
This procedure covers disassembly and

assembly instructions for all tilt columns. Auto-

matic refers to a tilt column with a column

mounted, Powerglide shifting lever. Floor shift

. refers to' a tilt column taken from a vehicle with

conventional or Powerglide floor shift controls.

1.
Unsnap and remove wiring protector.

CAUTION: Secure column in bench vise for

service one of two ways shown in Figure 26.

Clamping column in vise in any other manner

will damage the column. If support fixture

J-22573 is not used, frequently check position

of column in vise jaws to insure column is not

working free of jawsT

2.
Clamp column in a bench vise as shown in Figure 26.

3.
Slide upper bearing preload spring and cancelling

cam off end of shaft.

Fig,
38—Removing Turn Signal Cover Using Tools

J-21486 and J-6585-1
Fig.
39—Removing Steering Shaft Bearing Lock Nut

Using Lock Nut Wrench j-22599

4.
On automatic columns removed from a Camaro, re-

move screws securing dial retainer to column and

remove retainer and dial (fig. 33). Slide pointer out

of bowl and remove pointer. Remove cap and bulb

from turn signal switch housing.

5. Remove turn signal lever retaining screw and re-

move lever. Unscrew and remove tilt release lever.

Push hazard warning knob in, unscrew and remove

knob.

6. On Automatic columns, drive out shift control lever

retaining pin and remove shift lever.

7. Assemble slide hammer Tool J-6585-1 to turn signal

cover remover Tool J-21486. Place cover remover

over turn signal cover, tighten clamp, and pull

cover from end of column with slide hammer (fig.

38).

8. Remove three turn signal switch mounting screws.

Note short length of secure removed from top

position.

9. Lift signal switch assembly off bearing housing and

allow to hang by the wires. On some columns, the

switch and wires can be removed at this time; re-

move switch and wires if possible. If switch and

wires cannot be removed, allow assembly to hang

by wires.

10.
Install tilt release lever and place column in full up

position. Remove tilt spring retainer using screw-

driver blade that just fits into slot opening. Insert

screwdriver in slot, press in approximately 3/16-

inch;
rotate retainer approximately 1/8 turn clock-

wise until ears align with grooves in housing, and

remove retainer and spring. Use care when remov-

ing spring, it is tightly compressed.

11.
Remove steering shaft bearing lock nut using lock nut

wrench Tool J-22599 (fig. 39). Remove inner race

•seat and inner "race.

12.
Remove two pivot pins from bearing housing using

pivot pin remover Tool J-21854 (fig. 40).

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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

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STEERING 9-21

Fig.
43-Removing Shift Tube Using Shift Tube Remover J-22551

nut on tool. If the shift tube is not completely free

when tool is removed, complete removal by hand.

As shift tube is removed from automatic columns,

use care as lower shift lever is lowered through bot-

tom of mast jacket. Do not hammer or force shift

tube during removal from mast jacket.

23.
Remove lockplate (fig. 44) by sliding out of jacket

notches. Tip plate down toward bowl hub and slide

out from under top edge of jacket opening. Remove

wave washer.

24.
Remove bowl from mast jacket. Remove signal

switch and bearing housing if not previously

removed.

25.
On automatic column, remove shift lever spring from

bowl by winding spring up with pliers and pulling out.

26.
On automatic column, remove screws securing shift

stop plate to support, if necessary.

27.
Remove upper bearing from upper bearing housing, if

necessary.

Fig.
44—Lockplate Installed
28.
Remove lower bearing from lower bearing adapter,

if necessary.

29.
Service lock shoes, release springs, or shoe release

if necessary, as follows:

a. Drive the lock shoe retaining pin out of the hous-

ing using release lever pivot remover Tool

J-22635 (fig. 45, View A).

b.
Hold the shoe springs in compression by rocking

lock shoes in with a wedge to relieve the load on

the shoe release lever; drive out shoe release

lever pin using Tool J-22635 (fig. 45, View B).

Remove shoe release lever and release lever

spring.

c. Remove lock shoes and lock shoe springs.

30.
If necessary, remove seals from lower end of shift-

tube and discard seals.

31.
Unwrap mesh cover from jacket, if necessary.

Assembly-Tilt Column (Fig. 37)

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

friction surfaces.

2.
Assemble bearing housing components as follows:

NOTE:
With tilt lever opening on the left side,

shoes facing up, position the four slot shoe on

the left.

a. Place lock shoe springs and lock shoes in position

in bearing housing. Line up shoes for pin instal-

lation using Tool J-22635 (fig. 45). Install shoe

pin flush with housing face on shoe release lever

pin side.

b.
Hold the shoe springs in compression by rocking

lock shoes in. Insert pin through release lever

and install pin and lever.

3.
If lower bearing was removed, press lower bearing

into adapter.

4.
If upper bearing was removed, press upper bearing

into race on top of bearing housing.

5. On automatic columns, install stop plate on support

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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 .

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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

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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

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