steering wheel/shaft play Options

[mrbubblehead]

i have searched and searched, but cant find the right fix. i have a 74 914/4. my steering wheel shaft has side to side and up and down play. not a ton of play. but enuff to be annoying. and i need to fix it. i have found a number of fixes but they seem to be for early 911s. one fix is to replace the upper and lower bearings. another is to insert a sleeve between the bearing and shaft (thats what it looks like to me anyways). and the last looks a split ring over the shaft and then a plastic race looking thing followed by a spring to hold the race in place when the steering wheel is reinstalled.

is there a right up specific to our cars that i have missed? or has anyone made this repair. i sure would like to tighten up the shaft.

thanks for your help.
doug

[SLITS]

It's a 928 part number

Steering Bushing

Common replacement

[SirAndy]

It's a 928 part number

But the plastic bushings suck, they don't last long.

There's also a (corrugated) metal sleeve that goes between the shaft and the bearing, which works much better than the plastic thing.
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