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*randy500* · 06-29-2018, 10:50 AM

I recently bought and installed an IDIDIT floor shift tilt, its a nice column but not nearly as nice as a factory column.
Here is why, I had to work on it, the horn contact got melted from a bad horn relay.

The upper shaft bearing preload is not adjustable like the factory column. The bearing is preloaded by the horn contact which is plastic, there is a very heavy spring under the horn contact that preloads the bearing, a circlip holds the pressure...very poor design. Its ridiculous they didn't just thread the shaft like GM didit (pun intended)

06-29-2018, 10:50 AM	#6
randy500 Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 6,873	Re: 67-72 tilt wheels I recently bought and installed an IDIDIT floor shift tilt, its a nice column but not nearly as nice as a factory column. Here is why, I had to work on it, the horn contact got melted from a bad horn relay. The upper shaft bearing preload is not adjustable like the factory column. The bearing is preloaded by the horn contact which is plastic, there is a very heavy spring under the horn contact that preloads the bearing, a circlip holds the pressure...very poor design. Its ridiculous they didn't just thread the shaft like GM didit (pun intended)