Yeap. The tilt just seems sloppy up and down.

Any excessive lash in the upper steering shaft when turning the steering wheel left & right? By excessive I mean enough to be noticed as above normal, - more than a stock GM tilt column? I drove one car that that had enough to bug me if it were mine.

I had problems with my stainless steel Flaming River, tilt column coming out of lock when driving . Really scary! I need to contact them and see if they can rebuild it otherwise I has lasted for 10yrs so far!

buy an ididit collapsilbe one. if they dont make one already, have them make one for you. they made me a column for my 70 after i realized that they are selling non collapsible columns for vehicles that came with collapsible ones. if they thought it was important enough to mandate it in the late 60s, theres no reason anyone should be driving around without one.

I am leaning towards the Ididit. Now thinking about the collapsable option. I think it's a good idea.

did you do any more searching?