Tilting Steering Wheel

[gandhi_2006]

hey guys and gals, i have been gone off this site for a while, i did a few things to my grand am during that time. But i came across a problem recently. The tilt for my steering wheel will not stay in the position that i want. it kind of tilts more to the left while going up. i checked out ls1.com and they said probably the dowels but im not sure. Does anyone know what it could be? I took off the shroud and nothing fell off or out. i can give more details if you have questions but its getting late. I have a 98 Grand AM SE V6 3.1.

Thank you.

[Frosty]

Pictures or videos of the situation help us visualize the problem you are having. The dowels could be the problem.

Do you have a shop manual for your GA or perhaps Chilton/Haynes manual for it? You will want to have the proper assembly & disassembly instructions if this turns out to be something more than mounting or alignment.

[markpetersonii]

So instead of going up and down it goes up and left?

Sent from my mind using telekinesis.

[gandhi_2006]

it goes up and down the locking lever doesn't seem to be locking the column. What photo/video site are you guys using or can i just upload it straight from my computer to FP?

[notallthere]

There are four bolts way down in the column that come loose on the tilt. I have done this repair a few times. This is the best rebuild book and I have been using it for a while.

http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/images/d/d6/Jazzman_Steering_Rack_Rebuild.pdf

Page 14 shows the bolts/

[gandhi_2006]

ok thank you i really apprectiate it guys. I will let you know what i find.

[Frosty]

There are four bolts way down in the column that come loose on the tilt. I have done this repair a few times. This is the best rebuild book and I have been using it for a while.

http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/images/d/d6/Jazzman_Steering_Rack_Rebuild.pdf

Page 14 shows the bolts/

Nice one bud!

[gandhi_2006]

ok guys so i ended up just replacing the entire column. thank god i did because when i pulled the original out it kind of just fell to pieces. thanks for the help guys.

[markpetersonii]

Sweet, glad you got it figured out!