Steering column inner shaft problem

[luvbowties]

You stated "Bearing slides nice and snug along the repaired section." ***I have actually heard engineers use the term "bearing creep", referring to the designed-in-via-tolerances actual spinning of the inner race --more like turning--on the shaft. Were referring to maybe something like 1 turn of the race per 10,000 turns of the bearing. Naturally it could not rotate, without heating up, if it moved very fast; but a certain amount of rotation, however slight, would be acceptable in some applications.***

***CAUTION:EDITED BY SAM. I JUST EDITED MY ABOVE POST. PLEASE DISREGARD THE ABOVE. AFTER GOOGLING & READING ABOUT "BEARING CREEP", I LEARNED I WAS MIS-INFORMED. PLEASE DISREGARD!!!***
SORRY!
Sam

Just a long-ago memory of hearing it discussed in a machine shop setting.
Sam