Steering columns explained

[Vombil]

remove steering wheel (use a puller or be gentle rocking side to side and top to bottom) remove indicator arm and centre canceling mech (3 phillips head screws), remove cir-clip around shaft and spring and washers come off. flick ignition rod off and then there are 4 small bolts at the front of the pot that hold it to the column. once you've taken them off your pot should be free. you may need to take key barrel out (google this). Then I'd go to a local workshop and ask them to press new one out/in - if it's not too flogged out otherwise yeah, some glue perhaps.

yeah should have flicked rod at ignition switch not a barrel. will take a bit of dicking around to get all teeth aligned now so key talks correctly to switch.

i think a lot of the damage done to columns (in and out shaft play that you are talking about) is when people pull the wheel off without a puller.

[HXsman]

Thanks Vombil, I don't have a pull but I just rock it from side to side as you suggest and it comes free. I'll get one once I overcome this issue.

How do you com[press the spring enough to get the circlip back in (during re install)