C3 T & T Steering Column Question

[Tommy F.]

Yesterday I removed the steering column, steering wheel, and the collar assembly from my '75 coupe( per the manual ) for painting. All horn and telescope hardware carefully photographed and bagged.
As soon as I hung the column on a paint rack ( steering wheel side down ), a small steel rod, about the size of a pencil fell out. Of course, there is no mention of this rod in any of the manuals that I have. I really can't tell for sure where it fell from. (I figure it is either a "stop" for the telescope, or is the device that locks the steering wheel when the key is in locked position ).. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Thanks in advance,

[Jack H.]

Re: C3 T & T Steering Column Question

There's no secret here, that's the upper shaft lock rod. You'll find a nice exploded view of the T/T column in the Dr. Rebuild catalog and this is called out as part 'RR'...

[Tommy F.]

Re: C3 T & T Steering Column Question

Thanks Jack, I wish I would have known about the Dr. a little sooner...I don't have a catalog, but ordered one!