have 65 with side to side motion in steering column...have had the steering wheel off and all i find is a cone shaped sleeve... is there a bearing or something that SHOULD be there? it's the one piece steering shaft from the box to the steering wheel....any help? don

 

Do you have an aftermarket steering wheel? When I put on my Grant, I got the same motion you are describing. There IS a bearing in the column (or it could be a sleeve, did not examine it enough, either way it was allowing the shaft movement from side to side), and mine had worked its way up the shaft. I fabricated a small spacer to span the gap between the bearing and the wheel hub, and problem solved for me.


Aux

 

yes there should be a bearing. also take off youe wheel and see if anything is broken because it should not just fall off

 

also have grant wheel, but motion was there before i swapped to new....have had wheel off several times and find no broken parts, but i can't seem to find a drawing of this area with enough detail to show what SHOULD be in there.... what did you use to fab. the spacer from? plastic? thanx for input don

 

Hey Guys,
Had the same problem with my GRANT wheel,... I found that using the Cone shaped spacer and the Big Spring (Both Original Parts, I believe) Solved my Problem>>>> see attachment:
It was a little tricky getting everything together with the spring trying to push it all back off,... But The spring pushes the coned spacer deeper onto the shaft, hence taking up the space that causes the movement in the wheel,... Mine is really snug now! Good Luck!
RON

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Thanx Ron....will be trying that on Tuesday....Don