Review on Dorman Ignition Lock Cyl by Chad Carter

I had a 1995 Chevy S10 pickup that I was helping my roommate sell. The key was a nightmare to get him to turn on the ignition. When turning, I had to shake the steering wheel, almost forcing the key to turn. The pillar only has a small hole for a pin where the key that you need to use fits in. Disconnect the negative terminal from the battery and place the key in its original position, insert the pin or a piece of bare Romex wire through the pin hole and you will feel the key cylinder move. You then move it back to the stop position and pull the knot out. Then take this new assembly and just slide it in from the stop. It snaps into place and the bingo works great. I think my roommate was wondering why the hell I didn't do this a long time ago. To be honest I didn't want to remove the airbag, steering wheel etc to access a tiny hole so I just drilled a hole through the top of the plastic cover and saved myself a lot of time. It's got 172,000 miles on it and already has all sorts of cosmetic issues, so why bother. Your car might be too good for that. There is a handy video on You Tube that shows you step by step how to do it. In fact there are several. A quick search and you're there. My concern was that if you keep it running until it fails and you can't start the car with it, you may need to replace the steering column. You see, to remove the old one you have to return the key to its original position and then push the pin through the hole. If you can't do that, you can't move the old one, get a new column, or do something really ugly like try to drill out the old one.