Yeah Sean. That job was crap. You have to take out all sorts of crazy stuff to get that column out. Tach, ignition lockset, a handful of shear bolts (easy to install, some a PITA to remove), ventilation box, some air vents inside the car, blah, blah, blah. I'd bet this is a job that the shops do not look forward to doing!!!!
The bearing sandwich idea was not mine. Ray from Motodelta in Chicago suggested this fix. My pea brain was too tiny to come up with this simple solution! Lots of room inside that steering column tube. You could probably push 5 or 6 new bearings in there!!! Not that you'd want to............. just saying there's no doubt that there's room for two.
