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Steering column issues?
Krismc - 6/4/11 at 04:35 PM

My steering column seemed fine been driving car for 2 weeks now, done around 200 miles but my mate got in the car and pulled on the steering wheel and the column moved forward 5-8mm and i looked at it and it forced back the same distance its really hard to do but it moves, its not loose in the engine bay section its in the column - is this a problem or normal??

snapper - 6/4/11 at 05:19 PM

Sierra columns have a sliding UJ and a sliding triangular section, check it has not moved out of the sliding uj, I pinned mine.

Krismc - 6/4/11 at 05:29 PM

Do you have a pic where this is?? its been 4 years since i put the colomn on, i do remember a triangular circlip thing that i put after the white plastic section, is this what you mean?

avagolen - 6/4/11 at 05:32 PM

Hi,

I would pull the column to get the extra length and then slacken the clamp
at the UJ and then move the column forward so that the 'extra length' is now in the UJ.

This would remove the possibility of it happening again and keep the column tight.

HTH

Len.

mrwibble - 6/4/11 at 06:46 PM

this is at the end of the sierra column at the lower column support on my fury.

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff130/mRWibble/DSCN3524.jpg?t=1302115354

Greenie - 6/4/11 at 07:57 PM

The whole idea is that they collapse on impact......

40inches - 6/4/11 at 08:06 PM

Do you have the ally clamp that bolts on behind the dash? If so this has around 35mm of adjustment,make sure the pinch bolt is tight.
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[Edited on 6-4-11 by 40inches]

mad-butcher - 7/4/11 at 11:33 AM

Sounds like the tension in the spring at the bottom where the inner goes into the outer. slacken the clamp that secures the triangular bit then tighten the steering wheel onto the column that should take the excess out of the spring.
mr wibble
not sure that's standard but I wouldn't be happy with that, there appears to be nowhere for the column to colapse, I'd want that UJ a lot further away from the support bearing.
tony

[Edited on 7/4/11 by mad-butcher]

paulf - 9/4/11 at 07:46 PM

Have you removed the self cancelling actuator from the column? its a plastic spacer type thing that goes behind the wheel.If its removed it alters the preload on the thrust bearing in the upper column and allows movement.
Paul

Tonesta - 30/3/18 at 02:43 AM

Hi did you get this problem sorted out ?
As I have the same issue
Cheers