Good morning everyone. I’m about to embark on replacing my power steering box and all the front suspension components like ball joints, tie rods, drag links, etc. I also bought an XJ steering column figuring this would be the time to do all the steering components in one swoop. I just noticed the lower bearing on the tilt column is not even in the housing. The retainer is there but the bearing is below the retainer, causing the shaft to slop around inside the housing... see pics... It looks like the factory steering shaft has something funky going on as one of the previous owners wrapped it up in electrical tape and added a hose clamp... any suggestions on what I need to do to get the bearing back into the column to eliminate the shaft play?
