i had an original non adjustable column which i have made a small technical error with and is now u/s. the local supplier did not have a non adjusting one so he gave me the adjuster bit (the cast bit)

First Prob: the non adjusting shaft was about an 1 1/2 " to short
So he gave me a longer shaft that now uses a bolt going in the end
got it all back togeather and..

Second prob: no matter what i seem to do to the adjuster/shaft length the steering wheel boss grinds on a bracket thats on the bottom of the cast bit.

i can adjust the shaft so that its clear of this bracket, but then i seem to be able to move the steering wheel and shaft in and out about an inch or so

It seems as though if i do the mounting bracket up so that theres tension on the spring that the shaft slideds on to therfore keeping the shaft out a bit further to stop the steering wheel from hitting this bracket,As soon as i bolt the steering wheel up the sliding triangular joint just moves down again and the spring loses it tension and i can move the coulum in and out again by an 1 1/2"

Wrong shaft,adjuster,they both have 90bb on them

or stupid user.?

I found that I needed a 5 or 6mm spacer ring behind the wheel to make mine work OK.

I think I was able to take that away once I'd fitted the plastic thingy that cancels the indicators.

David

I've had a similar problem when stripping my adjustable column down (right down to the bare minnimum now). There's a plastic collet that fits around the top of the column under the wheel that puts everything in place - it has a little tab that's used to work the self cancelling indicator mechanism.

Yep theres a plastic bit that sits on the end of the column. You could always make up a nice ali one if you had the time, as it would only need to be a sleeve, it doesnt need the tab on if you have stripped the column switches and everything off like I decided to do.

You can see the plastic bit just between the end of the column and the wheel on the right hand side of this pic




David

Thanks guys..It all becomes clear now.!!

Sometimes you just cant see the wood from the trees..

What would we have all done without this forumn

HIP, HIP..........................