[FlyingDutch]

Joe,
Got this done yesterday! :-) I decided to take out my gear shift selector and have the notch (wear groove) repaired. This turned out to be the worst part of the job. Had a heck of a time getting the tension pin out. Wrong tool, wrong aproach, should have been a 10 minute job. Oh well, next time I'll be a pro.

The shift detent lever turned out to be fairly easy to replace. After removing the steering wheel, there are two nuts that have to be removed. The screws that these nuts are on will fall into the hub, but can easily removed after the hub is off.

To get the hub off, the bearing and snap ring are all that holds things up. There is enough slack in the wiring harness that I did not have to pull the column out (thankfully). To get the hub off, I placed carpenters wedges between the hub and cone and then tapped the column with a hammer. As the bearing started to move, I slid the wedges closer together to make them thicker. Came off in just a couple of minutes using this method.

My detent plate looked okay, so all I had to do was screw the plate back on (with lock thread this time) and grease up the bearing. I also put a new bearing insulator on while I was at it.

Steering works real smooth now, better than ever! Worked out real nice, too bad there isn't a pill you can take to get "instant knowledge" on these things, ehh? Things always seem so easy have they're done.

Again, thanks for the comments and suggestions. Hope this info helps others.