HI Jack,
what problem are you really trying to fix  ?

I have never had to worry much about that distance ..
appears to me it's about how close those two part are ...and how equally
and far the pins stick through the holes in the other part.
I've never had to shim down on that bracket like they are suggesting.

How is it that you are even concerned about this distance A anyway ?
scott

On 1/31/2013 6:31 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> Can no one help this man? I recall staring at that picture in the
> manual, trying to understand that measurement.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
> On 01/30/2013 06:40 PM, neil n wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Had the dash off and am re-securing the steering column.  (1981, manual
>> steering)
>>
>> P 48.14 in Bentley specifies a measurement for gap "a".
>>
>> By "a", do they mean the gap between the upper and lower parts of the
>> steering column at the rubber bushings?
>>
>> image of where I mean:
>>
>> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4jJNFsTX79U/Sj0oI1TCuBI/AAAAAAAAAmc/Ow1p0C4wnVk/s720/SteeringBushingClearance.jpg
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> --
>> Neil n
>>
>> 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp
>>
>> '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named.
>>
>> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>> Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>>
>>
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