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I have had the trim around the steering column loose for some time and I think I am missing a piece, like a tension plate or spring. Or am I just installing it incorrectly?
The pics show what I have.

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[BOB VIDAN]

That's all there is.

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Originally Posted by BOB VIDAN

That's all there is.

Okay thanks, I must be doing it wrong. I will try to figure it out.

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[dhcarguy]

Mine is one piece around the column. Is mine not correct for a 65 GTO???

[1_Wild_Cat]

I have seen that Pontiac sent a service bulletin - where they added some foam tape under the two-piece column cover-thing (technical term). I think I saw that in the resto. guide. Anyway - it was an anti-rattle fix - but I wonder if your assembly might benefit from a little bit of tension supplied by something like a thin piece of foam.

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Originally Posted by dhcarguy

Mine is one piece around the column. Is mine not correct for a 65 GTO???

I was doing a search for information on this trim piece on this forum and read that the 65 is a one piece.

I have tighten the nut but there is still a small amount of play. I may have to try the foam/rubber option, makes sense to me.

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[BOB VIDAN]

The one shown is for tilt columns, the one piece for non-tilt.

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Originally Posted by BOB VIDAN

The one shown is for tilt columns, the one piece for non-tilt.

I don't know if it makes a difference between 64 and 65, but the one pictured is from a 64 non-tilt column.

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[BOB VIDAN]

It will work on non tilt. Tilts have the flange at the bottom welded, does not slip off.

[BOB VIDAN]

Or visa versa, might have the above bass ackwards

[bill ryder]

Hum,, must be close to Miller time!!!!! MEeeeeeee

[John V.]

'64 and early '65 Tempests got the 2 pc. design, '65 then was revised to use the 1 pc. design.

To avoid column removal, PMD chose to offer the 2 pc. for service.

No difference for Tilt Columns in the Tempest as far as I can tell.

The big Pontiacs used a different Insulator for Tilt in '64 but I'm not familiar with them. Perhaps Bob was thinking of the big Pontiac?

The change to 1 pc. was described in SCN 65-1, page 5.

Not sure that SCN 3-5, page 37 applies.

But SCN 3-5, page 38 explains the use of the foam pads that were to be installed by the Assembly Plants. If they were not installed, the SCN explains how to add them.

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I used a fiber washer and a small metal washer to make up the slack, nice and tight.

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