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    6/04/2016 1:55 PM  #1

    rtmjr13@optonline.net
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    upper steering shaft bearing removal

    Hello all, robby13 here. Was repairing and replacing the upper collars on the steering column, also had to change the upper bearing on the 68 , 289 coupe. The old bearing came out no problem, got a new one, put it in, and it was tight. Used a bicycle seat tube to seat it. Now I can't get it out. I finally got a very good upper collar to replace my damaged one. The 68 is not like the 67 where you can slide the lower collar all the way down. Any ideas on how to get it off? Thanx.

     

    6/04/2016 3:10 PM  #2

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    Re: upper steering shaft bearing removal

    Try to ice the shaft only to shrink the shaft just enough to lift the bearing off,isolate the bearing....jj

    Last edited by jerseyjoe (6/04/2016 3:12 PM)

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    6/04/2016 4:29 PM  #3

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    Re: upper steering shaft bearing removal

    Any other options short of destroying the new bearing? The ice just melted all over.  It's hot up here finally. The lower sleeve is actually a part of the structure when slid down, I had to tap it forward with a hammer to get it off, without the bearing in it.the old bearing came out fine, should have just repacked it and done!

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    6/04/2016 4:41 PM  #4

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    Re: upper steering shaft bearing removal

    Remove the 2 7/16 nuts holding the upper housing and the snap ring and pull the housing off

     

    6/06/2016 9:02 AM  #5

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    Not that easy, the bearing has to come off first before the housings will come off. I had to use a small bearing puller to get it off, finally did. Now, about those 2 nuts, what exactly do they do? The 2 black screws hold the housings together, the rear housing is kind of part of the steering tube. The little bolt heads seem to just sit in their little square recesses and do nothing. There are 2 square cut outs on the tube right behind little bolt heads. What am I missing? This is on the 68 non tilt. Thanx.

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    6/06/2016 5:09 PM  #6

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    rtmjr13@optonline.net wrote:

    Not that easy, the bearing has to come off first before the housings will come off. I had to use a small bearing puller to get it off, finally did. Now, about those 2 nuts, what exactly do they do? The 2 black screws hold the housings together, the rear housing is kind of part of the steering tube. The little bolt heads seem to just sit in their little square recesses and do nothing. There are 2 square cut outs on the tube right behind little bolt heads. What am I missing? This is on the 68 non tilt. Thanx.

    Take the nuts completely off, they hold the housing to the tube, they grab cutouts in the tube

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    4/14/2020 6:46 PM  #7

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    Has anybody taken apart a collapsible steering column on a 68 Fastback on the inner shaft they're are two holes with nylon bushings or buttons in them what is their use and is there replacements 4 those nylon buttons I haven't seen them in any magazines anywhere

     

    4/14/2020 6:51 PM  #8

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    I had just purchased from mustangsteve.com the lower bushing on the collapsible tube on a 68 Mustang if anybody has purchased that they would Ihave noticed the nylon buttons that I'm referring to in my last post please contact me with any information I would like to put this back together within the week

     

    4/14/2020 6:55 PM  #9

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    I had just purchased from mustangsteve.com the lower bushing on the collapsible tube on a 68 Mustang if anybody has purchased that they would Ihave noticed the nylon buttons that I'm referring to in my last post please contact me with any information I would like to put this back together within the week

     

    4/15/2020 5:12 AM  #10

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    Re: upper steering shaft bearing removal

    1STSTANG wrote:

    I had just purchased from mustangsteve.com the lower bushing on the collapsible tube on a 68 Mustang if anybody has purchased that they would Ihave noticed the nylon buttons that I'm referring to in my last post please contact me with any information I would like to put this back together within the week

    Welcome to the forum.  Typically you will get better responses starting your own thread than jumping on to another member's. 

    As for the parts you need, are they shown on this diagram?  If so, what number are they?

     

    4/15/2020 6:00 PM  #11

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    It looks like part number 7212 if this part is brocke can i fix it or will a certified person need to do it?

     

    4/15/2020 6:16 PM  #12

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    Re: upper steering shaft bearing removal

    Does this look like it?

    https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/store/p/14425-Tube-Steering-Column-Inner-Used-1968-Mercury-Cougar-/-1968-Ford-Mustang.html

     

    4/15/2020 7:34 PM  #13

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    Re: upper steering shaft bearing removal

    I think he needs the plastic shear pins?

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