cherokee tilt steering adjustment

[jimbojones]

my tilt steering on my 89 cherokee is starting to flop around how does one tighten this up ?>

[MagicRat]

Its time to replace the steering column. You should be able to find a good one from a wrecking yard.
You can take it apart, and fix, if its just the spring which holds the adjustment lever in place. However, its quicker to juast swap in another one.

[GunnyJeep]

this is a common problem with the tilt steering - there are 3 torq tip screws that work loose over time (when I finally got around to fixing mine only 1 screw was still treaded), you have to take the steering wheel off and pull the turn signal assembly aside then you can just barely see the screws - I used a 12" 1/4" dr extension to reach mine instead of pulling everything apart that is normally advised.

this picture is of a chevy column but it is almost the same


here is a good write up on fixing this problem

http://www.ifsja.org/tech/steering/column.shtml

and here (where above picture came from)

http://www.necoa.org/article95.html

good luck

gunny

[jimbojones]

thanks for the assist i have it all sorted out just a loose nut . just like the one behind the wheel

[jimbojones]

oh yes here was the 3 torx head screws and BEHIND them ther was the 2 torx head bolts there were loose

[MagicRat]

$%^&#$%
I changed my column for nothing.

Live and learn.

Thank you for the tip.