Steering column help please

[strega]

Hi everyone,
Could anyone point me in the right direction for a 1985 mk2 gti 8v steering column, as my car failed its m.o.t. on this, how much will it cost, fitting parts etc, also where on earth do i find a good one? Many thanks for any help you can give me,Im new to this forum so again any help much appreciated 

[kingsmk2]

hey.. where are u based?? and you should be able to get one froma scrappy m8 but let me know ur location and i shall see if i can help resolve your issue

[Agreeable Slick]

Scrappy is going to be the best bet, unless you want to pay uber amounts of money for a new vag one, (if they even still supply them)

Best bet is to ring around all the ones local to you and see what you can get.

[KKK]

Are you sure it's the column that's the problem?  The fixing bolts often work loose, enabling you to rock the wheel up and down quite alarmingly. 

For safety/anti-theft reasons some of the fixing bolts are anti-tamper types than don't have a nut/hex socket to tighten them.  in my experience these can work loose, and you can undo them with your fingers.  However, you can't tighten them up properly (snap off heads), so get some hex-headed replacements from the scrappy (any old Polo etc. will do as well as Golfs) and tighten that column down!

KKK

[Judderi]

I second that point about the bolts. I tried to tighten mine as it was wobbly and the bolt snapped. It wont be a problem unless i need to take the steering columb off which hopefully i wont.

[strega]

Oh ok guys, I'll have a look at them today, all I know is that one of its m.o.t fail points was I quote " roughness in steering column" should be quite easy then 

[Judderi]

Yeah easy to sort out. If you take the under tray off and look up you will see the two bolt that hold the steering colum up. You can get to them easy with a socket extension bar. While your there also check the allen key bolt on the ingition barrel bit. To get to that take off the plastic cover on the underside of the ignition barrel and you will see it.

[strega]

Cool, is this the likely cause of the roughness then? just curious.I have a crack at it in a while it will give my neighbours something to smile listen to me swearing my head off as I bang my head etc 

[strega]

Right, Ive checked the bolts and they're fine,not loose at all, the allen key bolt it also tight,in fact the whole column wasn't loose at all, so don't realy know where I stand with this, Im not sure if its rough as the m.o.t. says it is!! Im stuck!!

[strega]

Is there a reason for the suposed roughness other than the bolts possibly being loose (which they arnt). Do I really need to go out and buy a new column?