Sorry Ive been out all day, Now $45 sounds great. When Extended all out the lever will not lock. I've had it apart, the lever pushes down the centre rod to the "cam" at the bottom, the cam goes in and out and effectively binds in the slot it rides up and down in. NOW, all works fine except when its right up (out), the slot is extra deep which means the cam cant bind and lock the position,. Had Column apart and its machined in, its not broken, the slot is ˜1.5mm deeper at the top. I could cut and shape some S/S plate/shim and glue it in place. AND no - there is not enough adjustment to allow locking on the full length of the slot, (theres only 1/3 of a turn in the lever). When I 1st pulled this apart , I expected to see the bottom the slot and side wall of shaft split away, and was astounded to see it is machined in, then I suspected a collumn from another car had been fitted, but nothing came to mind. My steering collumn is set too far down, I want to rip it out and redo the fire wall and raise it - really I suppose what I need is a look inside a genuine collumn to see if this is correct or has been mismachined or bodgied. AND No it has not been put together incorrectly it only goes together one way - ie foolproof or is that Doug proof.
