Thanks a ton for taking the time to add your video. I've been putting this project off for months thinking it was going to be a major headache UNTIL I ran across your video... It took less than 30 minutes to correct it - thanks again!

Thanks a ton for the video! My '86 Caprice Classic had a VERY loose column and I was stressing about getting into it. This was all it took! Feels new again.

this video was helpful, esp if you have a 69-late 70s GM car with tilt and a floor mounted dimmer. Most of the other videos on the subject cover the later style with the column dimmer and it is more complex. If you have a floor dimmer, like in this video, it makes the job much easier. Because of this video, I was able to tighten the 2 lower bolts on the tilt column in my 1972 Pontiac GTO fairly fast. The whole job took less than a half hour. So, thank you for making this video and posting it. SB

Your videos have really helped me with my build, thank you. Remember we enjoy everything you record, see keep up the great work.

Thanks for the video, just picked up a tilt column for my 70 Pontiac and was investigating how to tune it up. Looks like an easy fix!

You saved me! Forgot how that plastic cover over the steering lock was oriented and your video showed it. Thank you so much!!!

❤ I just wanna let you know that I just did this to my 74 step-by-step like you did, And I am a happy man. Thank you for the video it was the easiest one to follow... Now I'm tight and right.. Thanks again.

I've never gone past the turn signal switch, that was a great video, thanks.,

Thanks for showing the fix on the tilt column, now I won't have to pass one up if it is in good shape other than being loose.

Just watched your video for the backing plate replacement there's nothing worse then having to do it twice good job .

Another informative vid. Have tilt steering the same as what you fixed, will know what to do in future if mine plays up. Thanks.

Great job. You gave me a lot of confidence to do this job. You did not make this more complicated for your own satisfaction, you showed how underwhelming completing this repair can be. Thank you.

Absolutely fantastic video, sir. I appreciate that very much

Great video...I'm currently having same loose tilt column issues with my 3rdGen Camaro...

Thanks great step by step, hope that's the fix. Feels like my screws may have fallen out completely, and im worried about putting that ring lock back on.

Peter Carey. Great video. makes the job look do-able (for me) . Got lost in the workshop manual, very scary to look at in diagram form. thank you.

Excellent work.

Thanks for posting this helpful video , beautiful car

Thank u so much for the great video it helped me alot i had the same problem in my caprice i thought it wont be fixed thanks sir keep up the good work

This is a good video. Thanks now I know what to expect when I work on my column, its loose.

You mentioned that you rerouted the fuel line .I did something a little different than that on my 1970 Pontiac Firebird .I had an old oil cooler for a 76 Harley Davidson Sportster which measured 3X5 roughly and had cooling fins that was laying around not being used for anything because the bike was long gone . I noticed that the inlet and outlet were 3/8 in diameter .So I decided to see if cooling the fuel would make any difference . I routed the fuel line along the firewall since it was via electric fuel pump and then down to where it would catch air from the fan then made sure it had minimal contact with any heat source aside from the warm air from the fan . To my surprise it did make a difference . The reason I did this was I was having vapor lock issues especially in the summertime . Not one issue after I did this. Later on I also changed out my thermostat during the summer to a 160 degrees thermostat . In addition I also opted for the larger three core radiator instead of the lousy smaller two core it came with stock . Large engines need to breath and stay a little cooler especially during the summer months . Mine was the originally a Pontiac 350 block that I swapped out for a freshly rebuilt 400 with an Edelbrock performance package and changed out the Turbo 350 for the tougher 400 with a deep aluminum pan with cooling fins and an RV shift kit . It was originally the Firebird Esprit without full working guages etc but had tilt steering wheel and a couple of options better than the base model but not a formula .When I found it ,it was a basket case left to rot out in a farmers field infested with rats and hornets nests . I spent a couple of days working on it and got it to start and drove it off fortunately.From there I had a donor Camaro for spare parts and restored it as best I could .It had a 70s Corvette style fiberglass L88 hood scoop that was poorly installed with rivets and an old crappy Holly carb,points ignition ,old wires and in general not taken care of at all . I picked it up for $500 cash and invested another couple thousand dollars into it over the years replacing everything I could think of . I installed full working instrumentation such as marine grade guages which are far superior to some of the garbage being sold for automotive guages aside from better brands like VDO which were way more expensive than what I got and mine looked really nice and were very reliable . Also upgraded the entire electrical system and ignition system as well . I ended up selling it to my brother for way less than what I should have. He had problems with it but it was a simple fix .It had a collapsed lifter .Not a big deal at all . He ended up trading it for a damn computer and a desk behind my back instead of giving me the chance to buy it back or fix the problems for him . I was sick to my stomach over this and still get pissed when I think about it now . I put so much blood sweat and tears into that car . I wish that there was a way to track it down and offer to buy it back . Trying to find another one for a project car has been a lost cause . People are asking ridiculous prices for them now . Recently I saw a 73 Camaro that was beat up, dented badly, had most the interior torn up and some idiot cut a big hole in the top for a lousy installed sunroof that leaked badly and they wanted over 3k for this basket case . It's become a rich mans game now and a status symbol . I've met some of these guys who've bought a classic muscle car and they didn't even know how to work on one . Blasphemy I tell you !! Anyway cool video and very helpful 👍👏

Great video. Well done.

Outstanding!! Thank you very much for the video.

If you don’t have a 12 point 1/4 inch you can use a 6 point 7 mm socket. It worked perfect for my 71 Camaro. Tightened up real nice and tight.

🙏you are a life saver! just bought my first ever truck to fix up for my first car and it had the steering play. Cant believe it is this easy to fix this issue. Btw if u wanna know what truck I got I bought a 1992 Ford F-250XLT 5.7L single cab and I got it for $500 with less than 100k miles and I’m only 15.

Excellent vid. Done hundreds of these back in the 70’s and 80’s.

You are life saver Where have you been !

Great info video, thanks!

I've been needing to tighten up my tilt/tele column on my 75 Vette. The horn has quit too. :( Great video.

Dude. Great video man I have the same loose column on my 72 gto

My '87 Suburban needs this repair for it's tilt column and I think I'll try the fuel filter bracket on my '68 Mustang.

thanks helping a friend with this tomorrow

THANK YOU...for sharing.

Awesome tutorial brother

Great Video

thanks great video ..some people sold there cars because they though it was a bearing wornout.

Good fix on the fuel line and showing how to do the tilt steering wheel how much more is left to do 👍video.

I need to find out how to put my 79 Oldsmobile delta 88 steering wheel back on. HELP

Wow, that is lucky for you, you didn't have to strip down the whole shaft and you only had One Bolt to tighten? Lucky. Good Video Thanks for sharing. Geeze that's a nice looking car you got all fixed up there....

If you have cruise control, you will probably have to grind a flat place on your 12 point 1/4 socket. The cruise control wire runs through the same hole on the lower left that you have to put the socket through.

One quick question when you do engine rebuild what type cylinder hone do you use getting ready to build a 400 Ford. It is out of a 78 Lincoln with 74,000 and it but the block is a D7TE-ABEE.

Damn just to get to the screw. Thanks for the video. gotta try it on moms Dodge Diplomat she thinks the steering wheel going to come off one day while driving lol . But will look for steering pulling thing. Use to one have one when i had my mustang 2 ghia 74 lost my tools. anyway thanks again.

Thanks Very Much👍

great job thanks

Short term fix if you don't use thread lock and almost always the top bolt is back way out. Im having the same issue with my 83 S15

Great and very informative video, I have a 71 Chevelle SS with tilt, luckily mine is good and tight, if it ever loosens up? I know what to do ! Thanks a bunch..

Hi. Great video. Do you know the thread size of the lock plate remover? I am in the UK and trying to get the right tool. thanks

Good video

merci jo pour cette video

This works on Mopars K car and nonAccustar tilt wheels too. You can only get to the left and bottom right bolts, but that is enough. "Borrow' the steering/lock ring puller kit from Auto Parts Inc and carefully do the removal of the wheel/lock plate/ turn signal ring, pull the key lock out easily and you can see the bolts that need the tightening. Maybe draw a picto on the way in to make the way back together easier.

My 94 impala ss just started having this problem after having my ignition replaced. Would it be a similar process possibly?

Thanks so much for your help! I love youtube!

the top screw at 8:40 i cant seem to get it to go back in thoughts?

Awsome video....i have a 1982 4 door cutlass supreme v6.helpppppp what causes my sterring column to stiffen up when i tilt it up n down only ????

looks like it would be the same on my 90 chevy crew cab .. the left side of the colunm has wiper/ cruise cntrl, tilt, turn signal aswell..

Where did you find the horn assembly for the chevelle steering wheel you are using. I am having a hard time finding that. Do you have any recommendations as to where I can find one? Or maybe send me a link? Thanks for your video. Yours was the closest I got to understanding how the horn assembly works. I have a 1971 chevelle Malibu that I inherited. I want to install the original wheel but am missing that horn assembly

Do you think it will be hard to take them out? I want to put a some blue loctite on them just for security or will it to much work to take them out?

Trying to figure out how to tighten up a tilt steering column up and downwards on a 97 Chevrolet Silverado

Hasn't changed much over the years nearly identical to my 95 deville

i have a 1969 buick electra that I'm working on the rod that attached to the ignition switch is off or broken how can i repair this situation?

That was a great tutorial. Thanks. Do you happen to know if it'll be the same for an '88 Silverado?

Hello sir. I was wondering if you know how id take the flange off the bottom of the steering column. would I need a puller? it's from a 68 Grand prix

How does it get loose to begin with? My 89 chevy celebrity was nice and tight and I've noticed its loose and getting looser.

nice job on the fuel filter bracket

Thats good but if im there i would theke the bolt of and put some locktie🤷🏽‍♂️ thanks for the video will be doing that to my 82 c10 truck

Thanks ...

I can't get the turn signal plate out is there a trick to it? What could be holding it on? I mean it is really stuck

I've had to take that snap ring out without the compression tool a absolute pain in the ass

Awesome, man! Tell me what's the type of screw on the main shaft? Is it a 9/16?

Would this work for a 76 El Camino?

Hi will that work on a 1985 K-5 Blazer ??

Would this work on a 72 C10?

What size socket did you use to tighten the loose bolts?

I need to see for 1963 cadillac series 62 with tilt please

Isa this the same as 77 Fleetwood? tilt/telescopic?

Cool fuel fix

My socket fell off deep down in the column and now I can’t get it out...

will this work with a 86 camaro

Will a loose steering column make truck cut off when turning ?

That voltage regulator is next if its oem

Will this fix the dead zone problem too? Or just the tilt function?

Will it be the same for a motorised column?

grt video how you take column bearing out

The factory should've used thread locking compound and then we wouldn't be having to do this, You will be doing it again having not used it too.

U thank I could do the astro van the same way sir

You never tightened the 3rd bolt. Why go in this far without fixing it right?

About how long did it take

FYI.... to get to all three bolts you do not need to remove the column. At around 9:30 in the video you see the next plate to remove. You unscrew the tilt handle, remove the three screws... at this point the housing with the horn wires should slide up far enough to hang them down out of the way... Do not remove the wires, just let it all hang... There is a screw holding in the key tumbler, remove it(a threaded pin) and remove the tumbler.... NOW At this point you need a special tool, about 5 bucks at Auto Zone, to remove the pivot pins, it called a PIVOT PIN REMOVAL TOOL, I know crazy huh?. This allows you to remove the plate covering the bolts.... I suggest removing the bolts ONE at a time cleaning it, add a little BLUE Loctite to it and replace until all three have been tightened.... then just reassemble. You could see when he did the test the wheel did move more than it should on top... that movement will allow the other two bolts to once again loosen and there you are again... tightening only two bolts... get the special tool and do the job once... it only adds about 15 minutes to the job....

i would have removed the bolts to add Loctite

2:37

That would be a wobble extension lol

another good video:)

Should put some yellow lock tight

too bad you can't put Loctite on those bolts

Kills the battery over night ;p

good work, but two words loktite and steel tubing

Sucks. Can't see a damn thing.

The worse kind of 'mish-mash' information under a wrong 'Heading'.

i know an easy way to fix a loose GM tilt column...here's what you do.... you shift it in reverse...back it out of the garage and pull in a Ford...problem solved.