Steering shaft play.

[willy]

is it norrmal to have about a 1" play in the steering wheel? looked at all the steering and found it to have play in area were the two shafts meet below the steering wheel ( the slide in connection at the wheel ) has anybody had that problem and what did you do to fix it?11449

[AJ Roadster NJ]

Willy, there is a rounded spring clip, maybe 2" long and 1/16" wide (running from memory on those dimensions, they're a rough estimate) that goes between those two shafts that essentially locks them together. Is that installed?

[willy]

Never seen one, read up on the other forum about the washer in there and have those, they also had a good idea using a feeler guage and using blades off it to take up the play and still be colapsiable. kinda like that idea. others just drilled and put in a bolt but then it is non moveable.

[turbonut48]

If you go the bolt route, use a small aluminum bolt. Like a shear pin it will give if there s an impact.

The Nut

[STLMARSHALL]

Mine were so tight I had to beat on it with a hammer to set the length.