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Originally Posted by kglowacky

a long shot. maybe when someone upgraded your column to u joints, they did not match the correct number of splines on the male and female shaft to u joint, only under extreme pressure would it slip. Or the dia are not the same. as I stated a long shot..

I did the upgrade.

The Jeep steering shaft swaps are a known candidate/match for GM use from the stuff I looked up. I sure don't recall any issues seating the two different pieces together.

My buddy feels it's likely the plastic packing used @ the pivot-point for the tilt. He said to test the steering & see if it's excess play I was noting or if once I turned the steering wheel enough & the front wheels started turning could I reach full lock @ the wheels w/o issue. I'll do some testing tonight after work.