A friend of mine has a 03 explorer and the rod conecting the ignition cylinder to the ignition switch is broken or un hooked somehow. Switch is good, lock cylinder is good it is whatever conects the two that is broke. Anybody have this happen and how hard is it to change just that piece? It seems to be inside the column.
It would be easier to change the whole steering column. Modern cars use some pretty nasty anti theft stuff in them. It would be a major project to even try to get it apart, the column is only held on with about 4-6 bolts tops, and maybe 2-3 electrical connectors.
There's a little "horseshoe" looking piece that comes out of the gear behind the ignition cylinder and connects to the rod on top of the column and they break quite often. You have to pull the column apart (pull ignition cylinder, air bag, steerign wheel, column pivots, etc) to replace it. Takes 1-2 hours to do it.
I got the peices from the dealer but was wondering what the easy way to replace it is and if there is anything to really watch for. I know the airbag stuff, but how about the tilt mechanism.
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