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Steering Column (shaft) Loose!

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samsterman99

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Hi All, before I get roasted for not searching, this is not the tilt column bolts, it is the actual shaft that is loose. I have taken the wheel and lockplate off and can see that the steering shaft is moving inside the column.

I was out at king of the hammers driving on a flat dirt road when I noticed that my steering column started to feel loose. The wheel had about an inch of up and down play. I continued to drive and then noticed that this was getting worse and worse to the point that the wheel is now flopping around loose. upon inspection I noticed that the lower column bearing (at the firewall in engine compartment) has come out of the plastic retainer that holds it in place. Is that the root cause of the problem? Any resources on how to swap or find these parts? Seems when searching I only can find the loose tilt column threads and fixes.

I want to make sure that is the actual issue, and not a side effect of an internal bearing that has gone bad or is on its way out.

Thanks!
 
samsterman99 said:
Hi All, before I get roasted for not searching, this is not the tilt column bolts, it is the actual shaft that is loose. I have taken the wheel and lockplate off and can see that the steering shaft is moving inside the column.

I was out at king of the hammers driving on a flat dirt road when I noticed that my steering column started to feel loose. The wheel had about an inch of up and down play. I continued to drive and then noticed that this was getting worse and worse to the point that the wheel is now flopping around loose. upon inspection I noticed that the lower column bearing (at the firewall in engine compartment) has come out of the plastic retainer that holds it in place. Is that the root cause of the problem? Any resources on how to swap or find these parts? Seems when searching I only can find the loose tilt column threads and fixes.

I want to make sure that is the actual issue, and not a side effect of an internal bearing that has gone bad or is on its way out.

Thanks!
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If you lost the lower bearing the upper one probably came loose too.
You have to open it up and it will be pretty obvious.
There was a post last week that the guy had reassembled the top bearing wrong and caused the same thing
 
imiceman44 said:
If you lost the lower bearing the upper one probably came loose too.
You have to open it up and it will be pretty obvious.
There was a post last week that the guy had reassembled the top bearing wrong and caused the same thing
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Ok thanks,

I did disassamble to the upper bearing race, and nothing was missing/out of place but it was still very sloppy/loose. I will order a new lower kit and get that shored up before tearing down the entire upper portion of the column again.
 
Some where on CK5 I have posted a how to PDF file that is the sh*t on rebuilding the column.
 
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