Reply to "Under dash loose connection steering"

joules"Racing is Life, anything before or after is just waiting" - Steve McQueen

Many years ago I was in the same camp as Dennis and JT, however I changed my mind after being challenged to think about it more.

The collapsible portion is designed to provide some reduction in movement of the steering wheel toward the drivers chest in a full frontal crash where the frontal body (and steering rack) is forced rearward. Agreed that would be a hefty impact and one might be worried about other issues, but I do believe it would do what it is designed to.

Although the steering column was borrowed from a Capri, it served exactly the same function in that vehicle, so to discount it for that reason is a stretch IMO, Ford certainly believed the slip joint would offer some crash protection.

I have tightened up a number of these by removing them from the car and taking a blow torch and hammer to them to caress the flat section back to minimal side to side play.

Julian

10/2/178:03 AM

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