steering wheel play

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:05:52 -0700 (PDT)
  Robbie Cotner <robw_z@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I admit I may 
>have been a little hard on the column when I pounded the 
>adapter on :( 

THAT was completely unnecessary.  There is no need to 
remove anything but the steering wheel.  Put the adapter 
on and use the nut to push it on far enough to get the 
steering wheel on.  Then put the steering wheel on and use 
the nut to finish pressing everything into place.  Brace 
the steering wheel with a 2x4 going from one spoke to the 
floor of the car to keep it from turning.  

I guess all that is moot now, though.

There is a bracket that fastens the steering column to the 
bottom of the dash.  Pull the cover off under the dash and 
check it.  It sounds like its either loose or bent out of 
shape.  You should also check the rack assembly to see if 
you bent those brackets as well (engine compartment, 
bottom of firewall).