Loose tilt column fixes??

[R/T]

My 200,000 + mile 89 GTS has a tilt wheel, and now it's getting really loose - are there any fixes for this??

I took a spare apart and it looks like there's no way to fix it.... Just replace it.

Ideas???

[cordes]

Is it loose where it tilts? You can apparently get down there with the appropriate sized inverted torx head socket to reach a couple of the bolts fairly easily. I had a bit of a rough go of it with that in our 600, so I just grabbed a non tilt column out of a K car with cruise and called it a day.

[iTurbo]

I've fixed the one in my Shelby Lancer before. It uses a Saginaw type column that is similar to the ones used in older GM stuff. Here is the website I used to fix mine:

http://www.chevyasylum.com/column/tiltcol.html

[turbovanman²]

You basically have to strip it down and tighten the 3 bolts that come loose. Its not fun for a 1st timer, my first column took me like 4-5 hours, and on flat rate, that cost me huge. Book time is around 2.5 hours. I know can do them in my sleep. Consider a new/used or pay someone, you'll sleep easier and your car will thank you-throwing tools at it, lol.

[looneytuner]

There is probably a shop in Cincy that does nothing else. It was 90 a couple years ago for them to do it in their shop. That's if it hasn't been loose for too long and self destructed.

[Xtrempickup]

ive done it in an hr and i had no idea how to unti i read a link like the one posted. you dont need an inverted torx, i did it with a 6point socket that fit it

[R/T]

Yea, read the link, fixed the slop - about an hour.

[cordes]

Yea, read the link, fixed the slop - about an hour.

That's great. I gave up after a while because I just couldn't get it done. Nice work.

[R/T]

That's great. I gave up after a while because I just couldn't get it done. Nice work.

Well - that did'nt count the spare column I took apart in my garage to see what makes them tick...

[135sohc]

does the repair procedure work for the later airbag equipped columns ?

I'm asking because. the car originally didnt have a tilt adjust column, I finally swapped one out from a junkyard donor p-body

started noticing about 6-7 months ago. going over bumps the wheel will almost bounce up & down. and I can hold it at the 10 & 4 o'clock positions and slightly rock the wheel. its not a "saginaw" but an "accustar" type steering column or so I'm told I've got. never heard of them loosening up like the saginaws but I dont know ???

[cordes]

Well - that did'nt count the spare column I took apart in my garage to see what makes them tick...

Oh, you didn't mention that you cheated.

[Polygon]

I've fixed the one in my Shelby Lancer before. It uses a Saginaw type column that is similar to the ones used in older GM stuff. Here is the website I used to fix mine:

http://www.chevyasylum.com/column/tiltcol.html

This is what I did to mine. You can actually get to three of them with some ingenuity.

[R/T]

Oh, you didn't mention that you cheated.

It was *research*.....