Steering Column Bearing Replacement HELP

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=228103


I've kept a subscription to this thread above so I could use it when I rebuilt my column.

I'm rebuilding my column.

It's a floor shift column supposedly out of a '67 dart - going into my '68 barracuda. I ordered this bearing. My question is in reference to my particular year of column. The plastic bearing/bushing in the bottom of my column actually supports the inner tube as well as centers the shaft itself... My original thought to take care of this while using the new style bearing was to cut the plastic bearing in half (cut the lower collar off) and slam it up inside which would hold the inner tube centered with the outer tube and then just press the new bearing in at the bottom of the outer tube which would hold the column rod centered in the outer tube.

Everyone on board so far?

Then I'm running into the clock of the tubes to each other. When that lower plastic bushing is removed it allows the inner tube and subsequently the upper column shell to spin a few (20) degrees around inside the outer tube. So how do I know when it is clocked correctly or doesn't it matter?

Thanks,

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