Sorry I do not have pics right now..I am at the boat trying to get the steering wheel assembly off and ran into some problems.
Being very new to all this I do not even know what the piece I am trying to remove is called...
The steering wheel came out easily after removing the nut behind the dash...that's as far as I got.
Now I have the column...hub...or whatever the black piece is called that is bolted to the dash and the steering wheel goes through.
I am guessing my steering is called rack and pinion based on other threads / searches I have read here.
There are three bolts in the back that go to a horse shoe shaped piece of metal..which attaches to the gear box (or whatever it is the spindle goes through).
I do not see any screws at all holding this black piece onto the dash...figured it was held on by the three bolts in back but now they are close to the end and are spinning while I try to take the nuts off...I can barely see them now since there is finally a 1/8 inch gab between the dash and this piece.
On the very front is a notch about 1/4 wide...I thought maybe this was a sleeve that needed to be turned to take the black piece off. I cannot see if there are threads or not though and do not want to break anything by pounding on this groove to try and turn the "possible" collar.
Sorry I don't have pics right now...if I can't get help soon I will continue tomorrow with pics.
Thank you.
Being very new to all this I do not even know what the piece I am trying to remove is called...
The steering wheel came out easily after removing the nut behind the dash...that's as far as I got.
Now I have the column...hub...or whatever the black piece is called that is bolted to the dash and the steering wheel goes through.
I am guessing my steering is called rack and pinion based on other threads / searches I have read here.
There are three bolts in the back that go to a horse shoe shaped piece of metal..which attaches to the gear box (or whatever it is the spindle goes through).
I do not see any screws at all holding this black piece onto the dash...figured it was held on by the three bolts in back but now they are close to the end and are spinning while I try to take the nuts off...I can barely see them now since there is finally a 1/8 inch gab between the dash and this piece.
On the very front is a notch about 1/4 wide...I thought maybe this was a sleeve that needed to be turned to take the black piece off. I cannot see if there are threads or not though and do not want to break anything by pounding on this groove to try and turn the "possible" collar.
Sorry I don't have pics right now...if I can't get help soon I will continue tomorrow with pics.
Thank you.
