Steering Column Repair: STEERING COLUMN, drift pin, flaming river


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I have hot rod with a ididit column in it
the shift arm flops in and out of gear, the spring inside the column that applies tension to the shifting arm seems to be broken ,how do you remove this spring and install a new one. thanks Randy
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hello randy
i need to know the year and make of colluim pete
It is a aftermarket item made by a company called "Ididit" dont know when they built it simular to a company called "FLAMING RIVER" they both make aftermarket steering columns ,the spring Im talk about applies tension to the shifting arm I cant look in the shifting arm hole (after removing the shifting arm) the spring broke off about 1/8 from the top while Iwas trying to remove it with a screwdriver ,now the spring is  just below the  opening it sits in, any ideas how to get it out, without removing the wheel, thanks Randy  

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hello randy
I have heard of this one .

remove the steraling wheel the slide cover thire is a drift pin in shifter arm remove the you can get to the spring . and i would replace the colluim with one out of a sallavge yard fir 75 dollors to get a good coluim pete