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Subject:replacing ignition switch
From:Charles McGehee
Date:Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:24:39 -0700

Has anyone out there had experience replacing an ignition switch?  I
started to following Ken's instructions on his website.  But then I got to
the point of pulling off the lock assembly and found that it didn't just
come off.  It seems to need some sort of a puller and probably a special
one.  Then I discovered that Bentley has a section on pulling the steering
column lock (indexed under steering, it turns out, and not under ignition
or starter which was why I missed it in the first place) which calls for
all sorts of specialized things -- puller, clamp, spacers, shear bolt, etc.

Does it really have to be that complicated?  How come Ken makes it sound so
simple?

Charles
'85 Westy