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**HO455** · 05-17-2017, 10:12 PM

Sounds very familiar. Mine acted that way and found the bushing at the bottom was frozen up and would not let the sliding part move freely. Even after I pulled the column and lubed it with some penetrating oil, it still would not allow the selector to move in and out of the detents without a pry bar. I even tried moving it around a bunch with the pry bar hoping it would loosen up and work but all I ended up doing was cracking one of the tabs on the detent. So it got torn down and the bushing cleaned up ( and the crack welded up).

05-17-2017, 10:12 PM	#5
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 10,833	Re: Column very hard to shift after painting Sounds very familiar. Mine acted that way and found the bushing at the bottom was frozen up and would not let the sliding part move freely. Even after I pulled the column and lubed it with some penetrating oil, it still would not allow the selector to move in and out of the detents without a pry bar. I even tried moving it around a bunch with the pry bar hoping it would loosen up and work but all I ended up doing was cracking one of the tabs on the detent. So it got torn down and the bushing cleaned up ( and the crack welded up). __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban the WMB,1991 S(stink)-10 Blazer,1969 GTO, 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird. 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377