[Vwdiesel] steering column bearing

[Frank G. Pival]

Doug,
Here is a post that might help
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5572122-dreaded-steering-column-race-bearing/page2

Frank

On 2/15/2014 3:05 PM, Doug wrote:
> While I had the instrument cluster out to re-glue the odometer gear, I 
> found what was left of the steering column bearing being held up by 
> the hose clamp that I put on some time ago to hold the bearing 
> together. The problem was that the bearing cage was sitting on the 
> hose clamp that was snuggled up to the u-joint that is down by the 
> pedals. There aren't any rollers left in the cage and the plastic 
> retainers are broken.
> What will happen with this bearing missing? How difficult is the 
> bearing to replace? I would expect that th steering column down to the 
> u-joint needs removed to replace the bearing. If I want to replace the 
> bearing with a higher quality bearing, where can I get a higher 
> quality bearing and how do I describe what bearing I want to a bearing 
> house or a car parts store?
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