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Originally Posted by Joyridin
I have a Flaming River column in my 68 C10. The thing rattles from what I am guessing is the shifter sleeve. If you hold the shifter a certain way, it almost stops rattling. It is driving me nuts.
I have seem videos on how to disassemble the tilt mechanism, but I was looking at the bottom section. It has a bushing from what I am being told and the steering shaft flops around at least .05". I want to try and put a bearing int here instead of their cheap bushing to tighten up the steering and hopefully stop it from rattling.
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I've had mine apart. It uses standard GM tilt mechanism pieces. The lower bushing, like yours, is a plastic piece. I replaced the plastic bushing with a machined brass sleeve.. It has a shoulder on the OD that keeps the bushing from going too deep into the column. I drilled and tapped 3 evenly spaced holes in the OD of the bushing.. I drilled matching holes in the column. Used 8-32 stainless pan head allen bolts to hold the bushing in place.. I use Lubri-Plate white grease for lubrication.. No rattling or sloppiness now...
[EDIT] My column is a floor shift model.. Yours may be different..