>I agree, it does.  I think I said that.  I just don't believe it's
>necessary to do it that way, and doing it that way will change the
>spacing between the steering wheel and the plastic column
>shroud.  Now that I've said that four times I'd better go out and
>refresh my memory of all the stuff I went through with John Reynolds...

Ok, just checked and it's as I remembered -- almost.  The column tube
(the cadmium-plated one with mounting ears on it) is adjustable about
half an inch in and out on its mounting slots.  That moves the entire
upper column assembly and using that you can set clearance on those
pins at the bottom.  However the shroud is mated to the dashboard, so
moving the column tube will change its clearance at the steering
wheel.  So now you can loosen the ignition switch assembly clamp
screw and move the assembly on the column tube, which will change the
clearance between wheel and shroud -- and ALSO change clearance down
at the pins.  So it's six of one to half a dozen of the other.  You
need to have some clearance at the steering wheel shroud, and you
need to have some clearance at the bottom coupling.  If you had any
faith in those expensive thief-proof bolts (maybe they'd die
laughing?) then you'd do your adjusting at the switch
assembly.  Otherwise I don't see that it matters which way you do it.

Yrs,
d