47-55.1 55 years ago I was given this USAF 54 3100

[vintovka]

Sorry to hear I'm not alone with issues about depending on others for work. All part of being human i guess. Anyway some good news and maybe a some good advice to others. I tore my 84 GM column down again for the umpteenth time. After studying it i came to conclusion that it was all the column shaft WOBBLING and not the column housing. I played with adding shims again to pull the shaft into better contact with the upper and lower bearings. (both new and properly installed). No dice. In a "hail Mary pass" i got the brilliant idea of adding the old bearing race. one on top of the new one and reinstalling the cup and spring. In addition i found the the internal parts of the steering wheel itself were loose AS WELL !! I tightened each of the torx screws Voila!!! Column and wheel are s like new!! No wobble, no shake, no binding. After a celebratory beer (or 3) I came to conclusion that the shaft above the tilt joint was so worn the second race was needed to make up for the missing metal.