Looking for steering wheel fix

[Dony409]

I am looking for a fix for my wobbly or loose steering column? On my 86 Daytona with tilt steering

[turbovanman²]

You need to take it apart and tighten up the internal bolts and apply loctite. We've had a few threads on it, its not for the faint of heart, its a very time consuming job and you need some special tools. I've done 100's and its still takes me 1.5 hours, first one took me something like 3-4 hours, lol,

[Dony409]

Eek not what I wanted to hear.....what special tools?

[turbovanman²]

You need a lock plate tool, harmonic balancer remover kit and the tilt pin remover tool.

[Dony409]

Oh dear lord looks like she's gonna be wobbly forever

[turbovanman²]

Do what others do, get another column,

[shayne]

is it the same story for a later column like my 92 column? when i put the new grant wheel on i noticed that its got a little play after for some reason, it almost feels like the adapter is loose but it isnt.

[turbovanman²]

Nope, later cars got a totally different steering column, this only fix applies to the Saginaw or GM steering column. Its possible the adapter isn't tight enough.

[135sohc]

Oh dear lord looks like she's gonna be wobbly forever

lookup 'saginaw column tilt loose' on google. There are probably 500 different sites with step by step directions on how to fix it. It is SUPER common and the parts stores with the rent a tool program will have all of the tools for fixing it.

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is it the same story for a later column like my 92 column? when i put the new grant wheel on i noticed that its got a little play after for some reason, it almost feels like the adapter is loose but it isnt.

I have found the later accustar columns can get a bit loose either from high mileage or someone weighing 500lbs using it as the entrance/egress support handle. There is no fix for them besides getting another one thats not loose. Tilt mechanism is nothing like the saginaw, no bolts to loosen up. The hinge mechanism get sloppy.

[Dony409]

That would work but the chances of me finding a not wobbly black tilt column is gonna be killer! The whole design is different than my unoptioned car

[turbovanman²]

That would work but the chances of me finding a not wobbly black tilt column is gonna be killer! The whole design is different than my unoptioned car

Pay someone to fix it, your looking at a few hundred dollars, not that bad.

[Dony409]

Hahah your hilarious if I had a couple hundred bucks I'd buy myself a widebad

[turbovanman²]

Hahah your hilarious if I had a couple hundred bucks I'd buy myself a widebad

Well I try, I'm here all week,

[Dony409]

You should do it or me lol I can't stand stuff that I need special tools for lol I put the motor in my car but I cannot stand special tools... Like the back hub on my kodiak... :,(

[turbovanman²]

If you were closer I'd give you a hand.

[Dony409]

You should come to red deer in may theirs gonna be quite a crowd I believe theirs something like 10+ TD's and 17+ people

[turbovanman²]

Yeah, I know, I should but too much going on here and no money to travel at this point,

[Dony409]

Buy yourself a 5 speed neon lol rear world my dad got 39 mpg 50/50 mixed driving

[shelbymonster]

im gonna need to fix it soon too , now turbovanman has to do a writeup before i start doing it lol !

[turbovanman²]

im gonna need to fix it soon too , now turbovanman has to do a writeup before i start doing it lol !

I believe someone already has done that,