RAM 3500 HD Truck 2WD L6-6.7L DSL Turbo (2008)
Combination Switch: Service and Repair
Removal
REMOVAL
WARNING: To avoid serious or fatal injury on vehicles equipped with airbags, disable the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) before
attempting any steering wheel, steering column, airbag, seat belt tensioner, impact sensor, or instrument panel component diagnosis or service.
Disconnect and isolate the battery negative (ground) cable, then wait two minutes for the system capacitor to discharge before performing
further diagnosis or service. This is the only sure way to disable the SRS. Failure to take the proper precautions could result in accidental
airbag deployment.
1. Disconnect and isolate the battery negative cable.
2. Remove the driver airbag from the steering wheel. See: Restraint Systems/Air Bag Systems/Air Bag/Service and Repair/Removal and
Replacement/Driver Airbag - Removal .
3. Disconnect the steering wheel wire harness connectors from the upper clockspring connector receptacles.
CAUTION: Be certain that the screws that secure the steering wheel puller to the steering wheel are fully engaged in the steering wheel
armature without passing through the steering wheel and damaging the clockspring.
4. Remove the steering wheel from the steering column. See: Steering and Suspension/Steering/Steering Wheel/Service and Repair/Removal .
5. Remove the screw (2) that secures the tilt steering column knob (1) and remove it from the tilt actuator (3) on the left side of the column.
6. From below the steering column, remove the two outboard screws that secure the upper column shroud (1) to the lower shroud (3).
7. Using hand pressure, press inward on both sides of the upper shroud above the parting line of the lower shroud to release the snap features that
secure the two shroud halves to each other.
8. Remove the upper shroud from the lower shroud and the steering column.
9. Remove the one center screw that secures the lower shroud to the steering column (4).
10. Remove the lower shroud from the steering column.