Steering column loose

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About a year ago, my steering column developed roughly 0.5 cm of play in all directions. With the steering wheel removed, if I grab the steering hub, I can rattle the steering column around in all directions. In looking under the dash, I can clearly see that the steering column is loose, but I can't see what has changed to cause this. Any suggestions?

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Thanks so much for the responses. I definitely have movement in the area illustrated in the under-dash picture below; I assume this is the upper support bearing/bushing that I need to replace?

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Thanks again for all the replies. So I'm attempting to remove the upper steering column to inspect/remove/reset/replace the bearing. I have removed the bolt from the coupler below, but even with the coupler end loose, the steering column won't budge at all. Is there something else I have to do?

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356Speedster said:

Are you sure it's not play in the rack itself? I had the same issue and thought it was the column, whereas, it turned out to be some play in the rack itself. Titan refurbished the rack after finding the pinion was worn (at 6-7K miles from new!!)

It appears to be the upper steering column; I could move it around with just my hand. The lower steering column appeared to be fine.

I just received an updated set of bushings that I'm hoping to install this weekend.

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So now that I've actually received the replacement bushings, I can now see that the inner lining of my old bushing separated, and the bulk of the old bushing is still in the frame hole. Any tips for removing the old bushing, or do I literally just try to use something like a screw driver to push it out?