Steering Column: Removal
- Disconnect battery ground cable. Remove steering wheel. See STEERING WHEEL under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION.
- Remove 2 column cover-to-instrument cluster face screws. See Figure. Remove column cover. Remove 9 instrument cluster face-to-instrument cluster cover screws. Carefully pull instrument cluster face outward to access electrical connectors.
- Disconnect electrical connectors. Remove ignition illumination bulb. Remove instrument cluster face. Loosen 2 instrument cluster cover hinge screws. Remove 6 instrument cluster cover-to-instrument panel screws. Remove instrument cluster cover.
- Remove lower cover at knee level of instrument panel. Remove lap duct and defrost duct. Disconnect electrical connectors from turn-signal switch. Remove cinch bolt from upper "U" joint at lower end of steering shaft. Remove 2 mounting nuts from lower hinged bracket. Remove 4 cluster support nuts.
- Support steering column. Remove 2 nuts and 4 bolts from upper steering column mounting brackets. Remove steering column.