Steering column

**pbrown** · July 24th, 2012, 10:36 PM

I need to do some brainstorming with you. I have a new Ididit steel tilt column. It is 2" diameter. The stock Ford column is 2 1/4" diameter. I need to find a clever way to shim the stock under dash mount. I need a material that is 1/8" thick that can be easily formed to take up the extra space. Any ideas? I was thinking about some 1/8" thick aluminum as one option.

**falcon cobra** · July 25th, 2012, 05:26 AM

patrick, I ran into the same problem with mine and I used a hunk of a timing belt from a 2.3 pinto type motor and it worked great and still have some if you need.....jh

**BadBird** · July 25th, 2012, 05:39 PM

Pat, I used the stock support and the Ididit steering column came with some steel half round shims about a 1/4" thinck that fit inside the original support to take up the space. This picture doesn't show it very well. Let me know if you want another picture. Larry

**pbrown** · July 25th, 2012, 10:17 PM

I better look in the box and see if there are some shims.

The timing belt is an interesting idea.

**falcon cobra** · July 26th, 2012, 12:57 PM

Also the belt works like a insulator and its close to 1/8th thick ....jh

**pbrown** · July 26th, 2012, 11:01 PM

I looked in the box. No shims. I'll call Ididit in the morning and see if they can send me something. Otherwise I may go with the timing belt.

Larry -- what length column do you have? I ordered a 30" unit based on a couple of threads on TFFN