2006 kia sorento ignition cylinder assembly removal

Asked by GuruV4K7H Aug 13, 2018 at 12:14 PM about the 2006 Kia Sorento LX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

i have a 06 kia sorento am trying to replace ignition lock cylinder assembly
have everything tooken apart just cant seem to get cylinder to come off the
steering column anybobdy know how i can get it off been trying for over a week

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I have a 2003 Sorento that I am doing the same thing to. I think they are basically the same. Do you see a metal sleeve that is tack welded to the steering column, where the screw with the sheered off head is? You have to get a pair of needle nose vice grips, and grab the shaft of that screw and slowly, inch by inch, loosen that screw. Once that is out, there should be a pin on the top of that metal tacked on sleeve, that you can push down and pull out the ignition. I'm stuck right now on having enough clearance to get the ignition out. I just found out that I have to take the top two steering column bolts out so I can slide the column to the left and then I should have clearance. So just turn the key "on", then get your fingers on top of that sleeve, close to the column and you should feel a pin that you can push down. Hope that helps

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