Re: GTV6 steering column, turn signal switch

[James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>]

My column also shows some amount of play (I can 'wobble' it and move it
axially, about 2-3mm).  This appears to be caused by a worn nylon bushing
holding the column in place in the adjustment mechanism.  It also appears
that the worst that will happen is the play will get worse to a point,
then the column and the sliding adjustment block themselves will start
to wear.  It looks very unlikely it will completely come apart.  Still,
a good idea to fix it (I'm saying this to myself as much as to you :-)

This seems to be a hit or miss problem.  My '84 gtv6 has the issue,
but two '86s of similar mileage I saw a week ago didn't, and my much
older and much higher mileage Alfetta doesn't.

james montebello

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Joe Elliott wrote:

> I brought my car to school last weekend after the Grand Prix, and now
> my recently-repaired turn signal cancellation has stopped working me.
> This isn't really such a big deal since it didn't work for the first
> three years I owned the car and was only corrected as a side-effect
> of replacing a failed headlight switch.  But it doesn't work today,
> and there is a fair amount of play in the steering column in that I
> can yank the wheel towards myself and push it back.  I also remember
> that half of a fairly thick plastic washer showed up in the footwell
> a couple months ago.  Are these events related?  Should I be worried?
> Is the wheel about to come off in my hands?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Elliott
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