What size is the dowel pin in steering column coupler?

[koosh]

Getting ready to work on the steering box leak.....looks like the column has to be pulled back. Anyone know what size that dowel pin is so I can co e up with proper size punch to knock it out?
Also, is it straight or tapered? Only in and out one way?

 

[68Moparmaniac]

Thats a spring pin, been awhile since I installed mine but I think it's 1/4 dia. pin.

 

[Rick@Laysons]

The "roll pin" that secures the housing to the shaft is 5/16" by 1 1/4" long....no taper, just an ordinary roll pin.

 

[68Moparmaniac]

Spring pin

Roll pin
This is the difference between a spring pin and a roll pin but I guess it depends on which side of the Mississippi your standing on.... sorry I'm a Toolmaker so definitions are absolute in my world.

 

[Don Frelier]

If you have trouble knocking it out, try turning the wheel 180 deg. and going from the other side.
Sometimes they come out easier in one direction vs another.

 

[koosh]

Got it. Thanks guys

 

[71Beeper]

If you don't want to pound that roll pin back in you can do what I did.
I used a 5/16-18 set screw in place of the roll pin.

Just ran a 5/16 tap down the hole first and install along with some Loctite.