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If the front frame horn collapses from rust this will happen and break the column in a few months. Of course Im sure nobodys car is that bad but this was the final fate of my old 73.. someday I gotta scan in some pictures... you aint seen rust till youve seen this! Keith ---------- > From: Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com> > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: steering column noise > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 11:57 PM > > > Chad=> I bought the steering colum from a fellow listee, ...Then it > => started doing it. > > Another thing you might check is whether the steering shaft is rubbing > on the edge of the cover tube. Look up from under the car, between the > footwell and the steering box. The cover tube comes through the body, > and if your steering box is a little off-axis from the shaft, it can > push the shaft up enough to grate against the tube. If this is the > problem, just use it, it'll eventually go away as you wear off the end > of the tube. > > Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ > '66 KGhia 1600 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org