Tilt Column Help

[wsurf4me]

On my new to me 71 the previous owner installed a LMC tilt column. The whole upper bowl twists a few degrees, seems like it's loose and getting worse. When you cycle thru park to drive the bowl twists and makes it hard to get into the proper gear. If I hold the bowl while cycling everything works much better. Are there bolts buried deep down inside? If so is there anything that shows how to take it apart?

[BrentBTK]

Does the whole column twist? Mine was difficult to shift and wouldn't go into 1st, and it turned out the bracket that holds the column under the hood against the firewall was loose, allowing the column to twist when I tried to shift. The linkage rod under the hood needed to be adjusted as well. Once I locked both those down, everything worked fine. Hope that helps, probably not, lol.

[wsurf4me]

Originally Posted by BrentBTK

Does the whole column twist? Mine was difficult to shift and wouldn't go into 1st, and it turned out the bracket that holds the column under the hood against the firewall was loose, allowing the column to twist when I tried to shift. The linkage rod under the hood needed to be adjusted as well. Once I locked both those down, everything worked fine. Hope that helps, probably not, lol.

Thanks for the reply, the column itself is solid. The lower bowl that attaches to the column is sloppy. When you try to shift the bowl is loose enough that it makes it tough to get in the right gear. For now I just count the clicks if that makes sense. I'm assuming there are some bolts deep down inside that are loose?