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when do you know when you have a bad steering column
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gtx castrol 5w 30
On top of lower portion of steering column.
Two torque screws on the back of the steerin g wheel release the airbag (TAKE out the Airbag fuses and disconnect the Negative battery cable first!). Steering wheel must be unbolted and pulled. Key switch taken out. The rest is self-expanatory.
Most likely next to steering column. near dash board
under the dash around the steering column area.
Any steering column from a 1978-83 Chevy Malibu, 1978-87 El Camino, 1978-88 Monte Carlo could work, depending if it's a column or floor shift
Disconnect the steering column from the power steering box in the engine compartment (there is a seal and it will not pull out easy). Remove the cover from underneath the steering column inside the car. Disconnect all wire connectors. There is a bracket underneath the column - remove the four bolts from it. There is s boot seal where the column goes through the firewall - it may also contains a bolt that wiil need to be removed. If it has a column shifter, you will need to disconnect this as well. Make sure when you slide the new steering column into the power steering box that the tires are straight and so is the steering wheel. If you forget, the steering wheel will not be straight while driving.
You will have to replace the switch that is under the top cover on the steering column, the steering wheel has to come off to get the cover off.
Top of the steering column, it pushes down and pops back up on the 2nd try.
apparently the dimmer switch is bad in the steering column.