Carolina Classics Market Share Analysis for August 2026

Most Typical Questions about Steering Column In the following blog article we are going to discuss about the most typical questions which we have received over the years related to Steering Columns (usually 3 speed columns for 1965,1966,1967,1968,1969.1970,1971,1972,19731974,1975,1976 through 1977 models). So here we go: The gear shift is sloppy and gears are hanging up on my F-100 Ford Truck . Is that my transmission or my steering column? First of all, it's normally not just one area of the shifting system that is the culprit. It's most always a combination of a little bit of wear (due to the trucks age) in every moving part of the column that piles up to a LOT of wear totally. Generally you don't have a lot of problems in this upper part of a column. The upper bearing is always a MUST when replacing suspected future problems, and the 2 thin, curvy pieces on the end of the white plastic turn signal cam (shown in the 1st photo)  do tend to snap off with age, not allowing the turn signals to cancel OFF after making a turn. You'll know when that happens because most everybody you meet are honking their horn trying to get your attention to manually turn them off. If you are the one who's always looking for a bargain and you're only going to change the turn signal cam, instead of the entire switch assembly, beware of what you're buying. Some people are Parts salesmen, and some of us are educated in the parts themselves. Lot's of salesmen try to sell you a cam identical to this one, BUT with no wires in it and they will try to convince you that it's the correct one. WHY....? Because some of the manufacturers of this part say so on their  package, that it IS the right one. WRONG! Look at your old one and it has a Blue and Green wire on it if it's a 1965,1966,1967, 1968 and 1969, and a Red and Yellow wire if it's a 1970,1971 and 1972…Later years are a different switch. It doesn't matter what color wires are on the new one as long as you buy one WITH wires and splice i