andy4976 Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Morning all, Looking for a little advice I've got an 02 plate GTI which has covered 85k, on its last MOT they noted slight play in the steering column, steering wheel has slight movement when moved up and down, but not side to side, I was thinking its the bearing thats worn within the ignition housing , but now not so sure, just about to order a puller to remove the steering shaft sleeve, but I have this feeling it's not the bearing as surely if it was worn you would have play with up and down and side to side movement of the steering wheel, could anyone give me some pointers. I don't want to strip it down if it's something else, also struggling to get info on replacing the bearing only, my local vw dealer are not much help. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hello! If I recall correctly, this could be caused by the two sheer bolts that hold the column to the mounting bar, I'm sure my 6N polo did this. All the tech here did was remove the two sheer bolts and replace them with two allen key bolts, never had any movement after that. I'd be surprised if it was the bearing, as I would have thought you would have movement in all directions.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy4976 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi m8 Thanks for the comments, shall have another look at it tonight, I'll try replacing the shear bolts first, hence why it's throwing me as you said, movement would be in all directions if worn.. def worth a try, many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy4976 Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Upon further inspection shaft has slight movement in all direction, seems like it is the bearing which is at fault, this will be fun to replace.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 The bearing at the top as shown in your picture is 1H0 419 335 - £4.18 inc vat There is also a bearing further down 1H0 419 517 A - £4.24 inc vat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy4976 Posted February 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Thanks for the info, very much appreciated, just awaiting a separator tool to remove the sleeve then I can get stuck into it. Thanks again for the part numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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