chicken
SHEOOOOOOOOT
the small rod on the switch does NOT break off, its the linkage inside of the column from the ign cly to the ign switch that breaks thats what the little gear moves that is out in your pic
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my95mark8
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Yeah, that gear came out...is it supposed to?chickenviii said:
I have been driving the car, and the switch seems HARD to move. I have to apply force with my thumb, BUT before I took it apart I could still turn it to start and get the starter to crank. I could also do that with a screwdriver when the gear was still in there.
chicken
SHEOOOOOOOOT
your thumb is prob correct,the gear usually stayes in & how did it come out was the ring holding the gear in or was it just laying in the hole? the actual lock cylis the inner tumbler (where the key goes) and the outer case (the sleeve) should of came out in one piece and the gear and the ring and the small green thingie should of stayed in the hole.....edit just re read it after you turned the car off did you reassemble it and start it normally? if thats the case the dreaded linkage in the column IS broke, cuz it can push the ign switch forward but cant pull it back cuz as you are learning that the start posion is spring loaded at the switch and then with the link broke you just pull the part attached to the key away from the other part attached to the switchmy95mark8 said:
vr4
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the 2 flat pieces with the hole (1 plastic, 1 metal) are supposed to hold the gear in. with those pieces missing you could use a screwdriver. with them in properly you wouldnt be able to.
if i remember to ill take the pieces home and get a pic of them for you.
if i remember to ill take the pieces home and get a pic of them for you.
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my95mark8
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The pieces that hold the gear just kinda fell off.
The cylinder fell apart while pulling it out it came apart in my hand. My wife told me today that one time that she drove the car, she pulled the key out while it was running.
I was not able to re-assemble the cylinder after it came out, but before i took it apart I could turn it to start and get the starter to turn. but it would not do anything turning it back to "lock" and "accessory", so what you said about it being able to "push" and not "pull" sounds exactly like what is going on.
The 2 flat pieces with the hole, that fell out..does that mean that they are broken because they fell out?
Pics would be great, if not too much trouble.
Thanks again.
The cylinder fell apart while pulling it out it came apart in my hand. My wife told me today that one time that she drove the car, she pulled the key out while it was running.
I was not able to re-assemble the cylinder after it came out, but before i took it apart I could turn it to start and get the starter to turn. but it would not do anything turning it back to "lock" and "accessory", so what you said about it being able to "push" and not "pull" sounds exactly like what is going on.
The 2 flat pieces with the hole, that fell out..does that mean that they are broken because they fell out?
Pics would be great, if not too much trouble.
Thanks again.
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my95mark8
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It's fixed. I picked up a used steering column and swapped it out. Was pretty easy.
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my95mark8
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Update
Update. The column I replaced it with seems to be a piece of crap. It makes noise when turning, and seems like the "tilt" part is loose. I can't tell if the tilt mechanism is making the noise or not. Looks like I should just repair the original one. What are the parts required to do this job?
I am going to take it apart again and look at it...I never got around to it yet.
Update. The column I replaced it with seems to be a piece of crap. It makes noise when turning, and seems like the "tilt" part is loose. I can't tell if the tilt mechanism is making the noise or not. Looks like I should just repair the original one. What are the parts required to do this job?
I am going to take it apart again and look at it...I never got around to it yet.