Steering Column Cover: Service and Repair

Fig. 1:

For upper cowl:
- Motor the drivers seat fully rearward.
- Undo and remove the lower cowl fixing screws (1 Fig. 1).
- Displace and reposition the lower cowl (2 Fig. 1); discard the ignition lock rubber gaiter (3 Fig. 1).
- Motor the steering column fully upwards.
- Undo and remove the upper column securing screws.
- Motor the column fully downwards.
- Remove the upper cowl (4 Fig. 1).

For lower cowl:
- Disconnect the rheostat multi-plug (5 Fig. 1).
- Disconnect the tilt column harness multi-plug from the tilt column switch (6 Fig. 1).
- Remove the cowl and place to the front; remove the ignition lock rubber gaiter and discard (3 Fig. 1).
- Displace and remove the rheostat adjusting knob (7 Fig. 1).
- Undo and remove the rheostat securing screws (8 Fig. 1).
- Displace the tilt column switch retaining tangs and remove the switch.
- Place the cowl aside.

Refit in the reverse order of the removal procedure.