Loose steering shaft bushing

[Jim <jknittle@sundown.sdsu.edu>]

Hi All;

Just a quick question, I recently noticed that the vibration in the steering
wheel of my VW has been caused by the race for the bottom bearing of the
steering column falling loose.  I went to the junkyard to hopefully find a
cheap replacement and noticed ALL of the similar VW's had the same race
dangling by the universal joint.  It's a fairly easy fix - at least it looks
to be so in the Bently, but I was wondering if this design quirk is shared
by the Audi line.  Anyone out there have the bearings of their steering
shafts come loose?

Jim