'83 944 steering column wiggle
 

am i missing a piece here?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1197948712.jpg

before i took the dash out, the steering wheel would move around 1/4" in any direction without turning the wheel. (i took the dash out for the rollcage i'm getting installed) i am looking at the bearing in the ignition switch housing and the black steering column shaft, and they are different sizes, leading to the wiggle. Is there a bushing or something that fits on the black shaft?

help!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSC...spagenameZWD1V What you are missing are the ball bearings. It should look like this on an early car. This is from my 83.

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/ignition_copy1.jpg

maybe i have a later ignition switch, the bearing is complete and turns freely without binding, maybe it's just a different bearing than the early ones. Is this is a question of later ignition switch with early steering column? The steering wheel didn't always wobble like this, and i was careful taking it apart.
hmmm.

My US 83 was vin #610 so it was a very early car. PET shows two pieces, more like yours. They are called the support ring #171 419 341 and clamping sleeve #171 419 549. Other than that there's a slip ring at the rear of the horn assembly but I doubt if that takes up any play. I wish I could help more.

There is also a bushing at the firewall where the shaft goes through. If this for any reason is not properly in place, you will get a wobble. I think 2Tight has it right though, mine looks like his and mine is #7223. Whats up with the holes in your ignition cylinder housing? Maybe someone didn't put it back together right when the cylinder got replaced?

Maybe this will help it's a pic from the rear with the switch housing off. There is a plastic spacer that slips over the shaft in front of the bearing, did you remove this?

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/earlyswitch.jpg

If you don't have that sleve, I'm pretty sure I have one. I'll have to wait until the nephew takes his nap to look. I have a box in his Daddy's attic that I almost forgot about. I'm sitting for my brother at his house today. Can't wait to see what I put in it. "Tired yet Harrison?"

This kid is amazing, any Porsche he has seen is autmatically mine. He doesn't know a 911 from a 944, but he knows who it belongs to. He's almost 2.:D

Are the two cap head screws that attach the steering column to the main body tight?

I had the same problem. There is a nylon bushing that fits over the shaft and in the bearing. It goes in from the rear. A little tricky to get it to seat properly. I put it in the bearing and then pressed it on to the shaft. Very tight fit.

Yeah, I seem to remember there being a black plastic sleeve that fits on the shaft. I'm pretty sure the 924S is the same as the early cars in that respect.

i have the plastic sleeve, it doesn't solve the wobble. the screws attaching the column to the body are tight. i don't know why there is an extra hole in the ignition switch. i think ship rider is talking about what i need. where can i get one of those nylon bushings?

I posted the part numbers above and the dealer has them. That extra hole in the ignition switch is probably where someone drilled in the wrong spot to remove the lock cylinder.

i know that since this is a racecar, the steering wheel lock was disabled, maybe that's the extra hole in the ignition. thanks for your help guys.