Steering wheel grinding

[illuminaudi at comcast.net]

Hi all, I got my car ('86 5kcstq) back from the shop and the steering wheel was making that grinding sound. I moved the steering column console towards the steering wheel, which made the noise go away, but now there is a gap between the bottom of the console and the dashboard.

Does anyone know if this increase in distance is due to a failure to replace the steering wheel bushing?  Bentley says that this should always be replaced, but I wouldn't put it past a garage to try and reuse one.  This is the first time I've used this shop and I'm not sure if I'm going back.  There seem to be a lot of little noises cropping up that I associate with sloppiness and/or "let's get him back in to solve these..."

TIA,

Matt

'86 5kcstq