[Mitch Leland]

Russ,

You're right... I do have a "C" clip, it's just not where I thought it should be. Plus the opening of the clip was looking down at 6 o'clock. The PP Tech article pix is different than ours (earlier car?), your pictures really clear up the location of the "C" clip. Your pixs should be submitted to the Tech person for upgrading.

I really appreciate your response.

Thanks, it will be interesting to see if you find an easy way to remove the entire bearing for replacement. I need to look at the steering column again, but could you drill an 1/8" hole in the bearing face, run a sheet metal screw into the bearing face and use a slide hammer to remove? Keep us posted...