Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 11:52:17 -0000 From: "leah" <adfnopsamnet.com> Subject: Re: Lever under the Sterring Wheel
if you take the covers off the top & bottom of the column, you'll see how to adjust the nut on the shaft to make it get tighter when its locked!!!!!! John Fair <jaycnopsam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:LLrlECA7haU4Ew40nopsam.demon.co.uk... > In article <82rhps$n4j$1nopsam1.atl.mindspring.net>, Alvin Carter <al- > crtrnopsamspring.com> writes > >I have a 1987 SAAB 9000 Turbo 5 Speed Hatchback car. I noticed there was a > >lever under the steering wheel that you could pull forward or backward. It > >is in the backward position (which is toward the engine or away from the > >driver). My question is "What is this for?". I thought it was for > >adjusting the steering wheel up or down but the steering wheel doesn't move. > >Any ideals. > > > I am always knocking mine across from right to left as I get in (left > hand drive) which releases the catch and the wretched steering wheel > suddenly pulls out as I am driving...am I missing something? Is there a > way to lock it? > > John > > > > > > -- > John Fair > ICQ3921756