Jon, Good job on the pictures. As you suspected it appears that an attempt was made to arrest wobbling condition of the column due to a disintegrated steering column bushing. DMC Joe -----Original Message----- From: JDub [mailto:doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:29 PM To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [DML] This can't be correct.... Here are some pictures of the column and also of the hole it passes through. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/doki_pen/album?.dir=/ad11&.src=ph&.tok=ph8viNC Bahu6qSpU Lemme know what you think? Jon --- DMC Joe <dmcjoe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Jon, > > A picture would be very helpful but from your description it doesn't > appear to be a factory install or upgrade. > Reference the parts manual "Steering Column 5/2/1" > for details on the OEM > set up. > > DMC Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: JDub [mailto:doki_pen@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:49 PM > To: DML > Subject: [DML] This can't be correct.... > > > > <SNIP> Apparently someone welded a metal bracket from the lower end > of the steering column and attached it to the firewall with a nut and > bolt. I'm > %99 sure this isn't stock, but please correct me if I'm wrong. > I suspect that maybe this was a feeble attempt at fixing a broken > lower steering column bushing or something? I wouldn't know because I > don't know what would be correct down there. > > I can take a picture of this interesting finding if anyone wants to > see it. > > I will attempt to repair this properly to bring it back to original > specs. > Any help on what should be there is appreciated. > Thanks guys. > > Jon > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/