Help with steering rattles in column

[andnew]

83 N/A with manual steering. Car is running good and now I'm down to the I'll get around tuit's :-)

I am getting a pretty jarring rattle through the steering column and I see the bearing where it goes through the firewall, looks pretty nasty, so I plan to clean and repack this. I know all the front end components are perfect with less than 4k on them. (And yes SoCal, I did retension the belts).

Anyone have an exploded pic of the columm internals? I'm assuming there must be more bearings that need attention.

Thanks!

[TCMdocs944]

I need this too. I have the same trouble to the point that my horn does not "contact" unless I lift up on the steering wheel a little. I think there is one bearing inside the upper column and one at the fire wall.

Check for a crack in the firewall as well. I have seen these in a few earlies.

[andnew]

I'll keep you posted, I'm going to tackle this anyway. It's raining buckets and I've got the day off. This is the last one of the "This pisses me off" things I want to get fixed.

[andnew]

Ha! problem solved. The bearing behind the TS and wiper switches was completely dry, literally the balls were rattling over sharp irregularities. I packed it by hand and the noises are gone. Mine didn't have excessive play, just the rattles.

[TCMdocs944]

I think that bearing is gone in mine....you suck........J/K