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For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 GMC_Truck 🢒 1999 🢒 GMC C-Series Medium Duty Truck B7 🢒 Steering 🢒 Steering Wheel and Column - Standard 🢒 Inspections Required After an Accident

    Object Number: 215619 Size: SH

    Notice: Vehicles involved in accidents resulting in frame damage, major body or sheet metal damage, or where the steering column has been impacted, may also have a damaged or a misaligned steering column.

  1. Inspect the capsules on the steering column bracket assembly.
  2. Replace the bracket if either of the following conditions exist:
    3. • The capsule is not within 1.59 mm (1/16 in) from the bottom of the slots (1).
    • The bolt head contacts the surface (2) and the shear load is increased.

    Object Number: 215623 Size: SH
  3. Inspect the jacket collapse (1).
  4. Measure the jacket collapse dimension.
  5. Install a new jacket if the current jacket is not within the specifications.

    6. Object Number: 217506 Size: SH
  6. Inspect the steering shaft (1) for sheared injected plastic.
  7. Replace the components if sheared plastic is found.

    8. Object Number: 215623 Size: SH
  8. Inspect for any frame damage which could cause a bent steering shaft (1).
  9. Perform the following procedures in order to inspect for steering shaft runout:
    10. 9.1. Remove the intermediate shaft.
    9.2. Hold a ruler against the lower end of the steering shaft.

    A dial indicator may be used in place of a ruler.

    9.3. Rotate the steering wheel.
    9.4. The runout must not exceed 1.59 mm (1/16 in).