Re: Removing the Light Switch Rod

Posted by Paul Koncak on December 29, 1997 at 17:41:52

In Reply to: Removing the Light Switch Rod
posted by Jerome Bokelmann on December 29, 1997 at 16:07:53

: I have a 1929 standard coupe.My steering wheel has several cracks and gouges so I was going to remove it and restore it.The first step was to remove the light switch rod.As I was pulling it out, I hit the back corner of the interior of the coupe yet the end of the rod was not in site yet.I removed the steering column upper support bracket so that the steering column could hang a little lower but I still can not get out the switch rod.
: Has anyone got any tricks out there for removing the switch rod from a closed coupe?
: I even thought about pulling the steering column over toward the center of the car and removing the rear window to get it out, but it seems extreeme and I thought I'd ask here first.However, I don't think I can put the column over that far and I really don't want to remove a perfectly good window.
: I never thought 45 3/4 inches was so long before today.
Jerome,
I have not tried Don's way so I have no comment on that.I have done it by partially removing the steering assembly. In other words, remove the starter, remove the steering pittman arm and remove the two bolts holding the steering assembly from the chasis.With the spark and throttle rods disconnected and the headlight switch assembly removed the steering assembly can be lowered toward the floor.That will give you sufficient room to get the rod out.This method is labor intensive but effective.If you bend the rod in your attempts to remove it, you will add a few more words to our overcrowded language before you get it to work properly
again.Have fun!
Paul

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