>In my opinion this joint should not be welded. The joint forms part of the collapsible steering column arrangement (as far as I know). <
IMO you have it wrong. The angle of the steering column is very steep. Who knows where it will pivot in a big front end collision but there must be a 50 % chance that the steering wheel will move away from the driver. The risk from being impaled on a steering column is when driving cars with forward mounted steering boxes. That is why they were moved back to the bulk head. Rack and pinions are even safer. Ed Prytherch, Columbia SC -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
