Is this common....

[hawaiian89xj]

My new XJ has the most wobbly stering colum you could imagine, is this common, a buddie said they have a tendency to do that any one have any clues?

[Boz88xj]

I dont think youll find an XJ with tight steering. Not an older one anyways.

How wobbly are you talkin about?

[Eagle]

Do you mean sloppy steering, or do you have a tilt column that's loose at the hinge? If the latter, try this:

http://www.chevyasylum.com/column/tiltcol.html

http://www.aros.net/~rbuck/column/tiltcol.html

[hawaiian89xj]

well it is a tilt steering colum, and it moves a couple of inches in all directions

[Beezil]

does the WHOLE column move?

if so, look underneath the dash, there's a couple of nuts/studs and some reinforcing rods you can check out.

if its WITHIN the coulmn, follow eagles links.

actually, there are quite a few nice write-up sites on the subject.

try searching for "GM saginaw column repair how-to" and combinations thereof in google.