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Sun, 09 February 2014 11:12

gcbgold

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I experienced ignition switch failure in our coach. I was very lucky it happened when we were going to leave Gene Fisher's place. He just goes out to his shop and finds a push button switch and had me going in no time. I foolishly did not replace the ignition switch for a while and then had it lock up in the on position with the coach running. I have a mechanical fuel pump so I just pinched the rubber fuel line and the coach soon shut off. I took a pair of plies and twisted the switch until the key would turn on an off again.

I ended up pulling the steering column because of other issues and boy was I glad I did. I took it to steering column rebuilder and he found multiple problems.

I had rebuilt the front end of coach several years ago, but still had a slight wander problem. What I found out was the snap ring in the plastic ball inside the column had one ear pop out of its groove. It then started rubbing metal to metal putting a groove into the top steering shaft causing looseness in the column. That caused the coach to have a minor wander problem. There were other problems in the column besides the ignition switch, bad bearing, and tilt mechanism. Works like brand new now. No minor wander problem anymore either!

Anyone looking to have their column rebuilt I would recommend Steering Column Unlimited in Hayward, CA. The owner is very friendly and knowledgeable. He took the time to describe in great detail the different parts that can fail and showed me examples. He also gave me all the old broken parts from my column so I could see what failed in mine . $200 labor plus whatever parts are needed. I have no affiliation with this company.

Gary Bovee
Red Bluff, CA
1978 Royale
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