Questioni have a 1992 ford bronco full size with a 5.8 i bought the car with a really loose tilt steering wheel. i can move it all around. do u know what part could be bad, and is it expensive? please write me back and let me know thanks
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Ford Housing
Hi Dennis:
It sounds like the bearings in the upper housing are beginning to fall apart. This is actually fairly common. The column will begin to get loose (upper end only) and can be fixed fairly inexpensively if it isn't loose for too long. There are actually 2 bearings that go bad in the aluminum tilt housing inside the plastic cover. The upper bearing is small (about 1" in diameter) and the lower one is larger (about 3" in diameter). Together these bearings with the retainers that hold them in place will cost about $55.00 (we sell them on our website at http://www.stolenandrecovered.com).
The airbag (if equipped), the steering wheel, both covers, the clockspring, the turn signal switch, the lock cylinder, the actuator gears inside the lock housing, the tilt housing spring, the pivot pins and then the tilt housing (cancel plastic, snap ring, spring and upper bearings retainers) all have to come apart to access these bearings.
If you think it's too big a job, you can contact my company directly a www.stolenandrecovered.com & we can rebuild it for you and ship it back (regular labor rate charges would apply though).
I hope I've helped you.
Good luck
Doug
