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Wrenchbender Ret · 01-13-2011, 05:40 PM

I take it it's not a tilt. The bearing on the bottom of the column is supposed to float on the shaft with the spring pressure to take up play in the upper brg. After all this time & the invironment it is in it gets froze to the shaft. You will probably need to o-haul the column to fix it.

01-13-2011, 05:40 PM	#2
Wrenchbender Ret Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Overland Park, Ks. Posts: 5,229	Re: thrust play on steering shaft I take it it's not a tilt. The bearing on the bottom of the column is supposed to float on the shaft with the spring pressure to take up play in the upper brg. After all this time & the invironment it is in it gets froze to the shaft. You will probably need to o-haul the column to fix it.