I have a fair bit of play in the top of my steering column , side to side , looking at this picture I haven't got any 37s are they just washers or a spring ? When I push 36 down the play goes but it works its way up again so I'm guessing I need to sandwich something between 36 and the steering wheel . Thanks Cam
37 is a spring. It holds the expletive deleted tiny bearing together. On mine I had the spring but the top bearing shell was in 4 pieces. There is a kit advertised by the likes of JK that replaces the bearing with a needle roller bearing and a sleeve. I couldnt find one available so I used a 22x28mm needle roller bearing and a 28x33mm bushing and some bodgery. The bushing was PTFE lined so the bearing slipped down inside so I cut some slots in it and knocked the tabs I had made inwards to stop the bearing vanishing. Then the horn didnt work so I had to jam in a bit of copper sheet to make contact between the bearing and the steering column. Covered it in grease and stuck a lip seal on top to stop it filling up with dirt.
I take it that 10 is the bearing because 36 pushes in between it and the shaft 7 ? And the spring keeps it pushed down ?