Steering Column Saga Pt1

Nice and flat steering column end

First job on the steering column was to cut off the lower brackets of the upper column and grind off the flanges to create a nice flat surface to mate with the chassis. Cracked out the new angle grinder and made lots of sparks. Easy enough. Holes will need to be drilled to fit the chassis, but first to attack the top part of the steering column.

 Upper chassis bracket - not  fitting at the mo!

Next was to address the upper chassis bracket. A lot of cutting and grinding later, it has become clear the steering column is wider than the chassis bracket.

Flanges ground off

I then went to town on the flanges with the angle grinder and got them flat as a pancake, but still the steering column doesn't slide into place. Looking at several blogs, there has been a need to space out the distance between the column and the chassis at the upper bracket location, but I noticed from facebook posts that was not the case for everyone. 

Not sure what to do yet but I expect it will involve a call to GBS....

Also need to think about tidying up the column and getting some paint of there, it looks a bit tired.....