Wagoneer steering

Have a '86 Grand Wag with a steering wheel that wobbles. Am told it's a
long job to access the nuts to tighten it.
Could I use a Dremel and cut away the plastic tunnel to get at the nuts
& bolts?

Molesworth

No, they are way down inside. While tedious, it's not that bad a job
- pull the wheel, remove the tilt and light switches, then pull the
pins that hold the tilt pivot. After that, you can reach the 4 bolts.
I actually pulled all of them completely out and used tread locker on
them (blue, so there was at least a chance of getting them out if I
had too. Took all morning, but there was nothing really dificult
about it since I had the wheel pullers and such on hand.

Oops, I take that back - threading the wiring back down the shaft was
a PITA - you might want to tie a pull cord to them as you pull them
out to guide them back in.

On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:14:30 UTC Molesworth <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Have a '86 Grand Wag with a steering wheel that wobbles. Am told it's a
> long job to access the nuts to tighten it.
> Could I use a Dremel and cut away the plastic tunnel to get at the nuts
> & bolts?
>
> Molesworth


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Will Honea

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:14:30 -0500, Molesworth <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Have a '86 Grand Wag with a steering wheel that wobbles. Am told it's a
>long job to access the nuts to tighten it.
>Could I use a Dremel and cut away the plastic tunnel to get at the nuts
>& bolts?
>
>Molesworth

Wobbles? Huh?

Tell me more? When moving only? When stopped too?

You could be describing loose mounting bolts. but you could be
describing a serious problem with the steering system as well.

More information please, and in the interium be very careful driving
this vehicle. <g>

In article <[email protected]>,
"Will Honea" <[email protected]> wrote:

> No, they are way down inside. While tedious, it's not that bad a job
> - pull the wheel, remove the tilt and light switches, then pull the
> pins that hold the tilt pivot. After that, you can reach the 4 bolts.
> I actually pulled all of them completely out and used tread locker on
> them (blue, so there was at least a chance of getting them out if I
> had too. Took all morning, but there was nothing really dificult
> about it since I had the wheel pullers and such on hand.
>
> Oops, I take that back - threading the wiring back down the shaft was
> a PITA - you might want to tie a pull cord to them as you pull them
> out to guide them back in.
>
> On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 01:14:30 UTC Molesworth <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Have a '86 Grand Wag with a steering wheel that wobbles. Am told it's a
> > long job to access the nuts to tighten it.
> > Could I use a Dremel and cut away the plastic tunnel to get at the nuts
> > & bolts?
> >
> > Molesworth

Ah! Right.

I have access to a wheel-puller, so it's just a matter of time then.

Cheers for that

Molesworth
PS It's not being driven,just restored. New engine/trans etc. And I
noticed the steering wheel moved up and down while parked... but thanks
also for the concern!