Linkage off steering column broke

[90Bronco_EB]

Last night my linkage arm/cable that connects to the drive <broke> or just came apart. Is there some sort of nut, retainer ring or something that holds that arm in? I will take a picture tonight and upload.

 

[Broncobill78]

Yeah, we need pictures. If you're talking about the tab that the shift linkage arm connects to then you're in a world of hurt. I just went thru this with a friends Bronco. The tab for that linkage is part of the shift tube & unless you're able to weld it back on it means the entire shift tube has to be replaced and *that's* a job. I took his old column apart just to see what would be involved and to be perfectly honest it was a LOT easier to just pay $75 for a new junkyard column & install it than to even consider trying to repair the collection of watch parts that you'll find when you take the column apart. It CAN be done but the junkyard wanted $50 for a standard column and $75 for a tilt column and it takes all of 45 min to swap one out, so for me it was a no-brainer. Replacing the shift tube is not a job I'd want to even consider unless it's a classic & replacement parts are unavailable or prohibitively expensive. Just replace the column & be done with it, assuming that's what we're talking about. Even if it's not the same problem consider how much time & effort are required to disassemble, repair & reassemble a column compared to $50-$75 for a replacement and less than an hour to swap it. It just depends on how valuable you consider your time to be.

 

[90Bronco_EB]

Here is a bad image of the piece that came apart. I was able to put it back in place to get home but then it fell out again. Is this something that can be pinned in place?? :blink: :huh:

 

[90Bronco_EB]

Here is a better picture. The end of the bar hanging down is supposed to be in the bracket to the right. I am able to put it back in there but there is nothing to hold it there.

Here is a close up of the end of the bar. it looks like there can be some sort of retainer ring or something that can go on it but I am not sure what is supposed to hold it on. got any ideas?

:huh:

 

[90Bronco_EB]

Problem fixed. I got a gromet to hold the arm in the bracket.

Thanks