10-21-2021, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Nevada
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Re: Steering column jacket position?
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Originally Posted by Davidf
I think those tabs are there to prevent the column from shoved into your chest during a frontal collision. Many people push the column forward slightly for increased room between the seat and steering wheel. Just not too far so that the slip joint at top of intermediate shaft is bottomed out...otherwise banging and column bearing damage will/can occur.
BTW, yes, the intermediate shaft is a collapsing shaft, but it takes some force to make it collapse, so the tabs keep the column in place.
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Can I ask what you mean by not bottoming out the slip joint? I haven't put a nut on the pot joint yet - I had the opinion the upper shaft inserts into the point joint as far as it can go.
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