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Old 04-29-2012, 11:39 AM
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How to remove tilt lever and cover?

Hi,
So I've read here on the forum that the tilt lever is removed by turning couter clockwise? Is this correct, I cannot get this thing to budge. I have 2 columns and can't seem to get it off of either one.


Also how do you remove the cover that goes around the tilt and multifunction lever? I can't seem to figure out how it comes off, is there a trick to getting that off?
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Re: How to remove tilt lever and cover?

The tilt lever unscrews. The cover is removed by disassembling the whole column. It is actually the housing and not a cover.
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Re: How to remove tilt lever and cover?

I'll keep trying on the levers, they must just be really tightened down.

I had to go back out and look at the column again, I didn't mean to include the mutlifunction lever.

But the tilt lever appears to have cover that comes off, see pic.

Does this piece come off?
I need to fix the high beam linkage and I think it's all behind this cover. I really hope I don't have to disassemble the entire column to fix this
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Re: How to remove tilt lever and cover?

So is the whole tilt lever supposed to unscrew from the column? Or does just the end come off? On my parts column, I finally tried some vice grips on it, and the end came off.

That left an exposed metal piece, and I tried twisting that and it just started to bend. the part that goes into the actual column does not twist at all.

Is that right?
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Re: How to remove tilt lever and cover?

nevermind, I was able to get it off on my other column, but geeze do they make sure that those never come loose.
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