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Sierra upper column disassembly
JekRankin - 14/1/12 at 10:51 AM

Good morning all,

Hopefully an easy one......could anyone tell me if its possible to separate the two pieces of the upper sierra steering column (i.e I wish to remove the aluminium bearing housing from the collapsible steel section)?. I've had a look inside the assembly but can't figure out how its been put together.

Many thanks,
Jek



Mad Dave - 14/1/12 at 12:01 PM

Yes they will come apart. If I remember correctly they won't twist off because there is a notch in the ali part that locates in on the steel column. I think some gentle persuasion with a punch and hammer will sort it


T66 - 14/1/12 at 05:46 PM

First time mine came off it took a few gentle taps to get the inner steel section moving, then pulled off by hand (Ahem)


Now its off, It just twists on and off





[Edited on 14/1/12 by T66]


renetom - 5/2/12 at 04:29 PM

Hi
Yep come off quite easily gentle taps.
This is what we did
(see our photo archive)
Good luck.


Bizarro - 3/3/12 at 07:39 PM

I have the same question but my steering column is different from the one pictured, its an adjustable column:

steering column
steering column


I want to keep the hole in my dash as small as possible, is it possible to strip this type of column to get it through the dash?

Dash
Dash