WTB: 1981-91 Blazer/Jimmy REAR Bumper Brackets

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Make me an offer for a he whole column minus the wheel not that I want it but it would be easier to ship. Not sure what a column weighs my shipping zip is 17601

Do you still have this? I think I want to swap the whole column during my Christmas break to get everything working to avoid having to disassemble it to a nub to fix it, and then having to mess around with a bunch of horn trinkets.

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Do you still have this? I think I want to swap the whole column during my Christmas break to get everything working to avoid having to disassemble it to a nub to fix it, and then having to mess around with a bunch of horn trinkets.

Yes it’s still on what’s left of the K5 which is gonna get chopped up soon. It needs them 3 bolts tightened for sure other then that I know it has a key lol

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Yes it’s still on what’s left of the K5 which is gonna get chopped up soon. It needs them 3 bolts tightened for sure other then that I know it has a key lol

Are you talking about the bolts way down in there from 89S's write up? Do you know if it's an automatic transmission, tilt column?

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Are you talking about the bolts way down in there from 89S's write up? Do you know if it's an automatic transmission, tilt column?

Yes it was a 700r4 and it’s tilt mor wobbley then tilt at this point tho lol

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Hmm... I'll see if I can come up with something locally and let you know. Not trying to string you along; I just really want to do this job as cheaply and painlessly as possible. I also need to see if the horn contact stuff will work between the GMT400 steering wheel and the 70s-80s steering wheel. @RetroC10Sport?

 

[Honky Kong jr]

Hmm... I'll see if I can come up with something locally and let you know. Not trying to string you along; I just really want to do this job as cheaply and painlessly as possible. I also need to see if the horn contact stuff will work between the GMT400 steering wheel and the 70s-80s steering wheel. @RetroC10Sport?

No biggy it will be around till it isn’t any more lol

 

[bucket]

Hmm... I'll see if I can come up with something locally and let you know. Not trying to string you along; I just really want to do this job as cheaply and painlessly as possible. I also need to see if the horn contact stuff will work between the GMT400 steering wheel and the 70s-80s steering wheel. @RetroC10Sport?

Yep, the horn contact stuff plugs into the cancel cam just like the older years.

 

[bucket]

I should clarify, you use the horn contact stuff that matches the steering wheel.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

What @bucket said. We put a GMT-400 steering wheel in my daughter's truck before she got it when I was friends with the previous owner.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

I should clarify, you use the horn contact stuff that matches the steering wheel.

What @bucket said. We put a GMT-400 steering wheel in my daughter's truck before she got it when I was friends with the previous owner.

Okay, so if you don't have the contact stuff for the earlier style and that's what you want to use, it's not good. I see.

 

[bucket]

Okay, so if you don't have the contact stuff for the earlier style and that's what you want to use, it's not good. I see.

If you don't have the horn contact bits, it's all available. GM basically only had a few different setups they used through the late 60's and into the early 90's.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

If you don't have the horn contact bits, it's all available. GM basically only had a few different setups they used through the late 60's and into the early 90's.

Okay, so the canceling cam and the contact pieces work across the board, and I can reuse those. What about the horn button retainer kit (cup, screws, little rubber thingy, etc.)? I found one for the previous generation of trucks but not one for 73-88. I have some of the pieces that I've managed to scrounge up, but I'd rather get new ones.

 

[bucket]

There's nothing wrong with used stuff at all, nothing really ever goes wrong with it. It's been a while since I've messed with a stock truck wheel, but this should be the parts needed:

Mounting cup
Mounting screws (3)
Mounting screws isolator
Spring plate
Contact button, spring and retainer

There were numerous GM steering wheels that used the very same combination of parts.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Okay, sounds good.