[DMCForum] Re: Steering Column Bushing Blues

["Toby Peterson" <tmpintnl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike - I don't know if you have resolved this or not, but I didn't 
see any other responses.  This operation is pretty much a two-person 
task - one to guide the shaft through the bushing and get a piece of 
it through to the forward side where it can be grabbed.  The other 
person does whatever he can to lodge the inner shaft so that it 
doesn't retract.  The following is a brief excerpt from the detailed 
instructions that you would have received had you purchased the 
bushing from DPNW :)  "Due to the telescoping design of the column 
it will easily retract.  To prevent that, you may have to carefully 
wedge the inner column through the outer webbed one under the 
dashboard with long-nose vise grips or similar tool to prevent its 
movement."  I hope this helps. 

Toby Peterson


--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mydelorean" <mike@xxxx> wrote:
> Any hints on how to fully extend the lower end of the steering 
column?
> 
> I just installed a new steering column bushing but I'm finding 
when I try to line up the column to go through the fire wall - the 
inner shaft is collapsing into the outer shaft and I can't get it 
through.
> 
> Anyone have a similar problem?
> Mike
> #17089
> www.mydelorean.com

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