The Steering Column in vehicles becomes damaged or misaligned whenever an accident occurs and leads to frame damage or major body damage or sheet metal damage or impact to the Steering Column or deployment of the supplemental inflatable restraints system. Check each capsule installed on the Steering Column bracket assembly to confirm its proper placement within bracket slots and inspect general looseness by manually pushing and pulling the components. The repair procedure must get into action under these circumstances: when the bracket connects to a bolted jacket assembly and capsule seats are missing securement yet when bracket welding occurs to a jacket assembly and capsule installation does not meet specification. The measurement between the lower edge of the upper jacket and the specified point on the lower jacket serves to detect jacket assembly collapse. When measurement results fall outside of stated specifications, replace the entire jacket assembly. A visual check of the
Steering Shaft should be performed for sheared injected plastic. A replacement Steering Shaft must be installed if sheared plastic is detected. A dial indicator must be used to measure the runout of the Steering Shaft at the lower end while rotating the wheel during inspection. This check verifies that runout stays below 1.60 mm (0.06 in).