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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zcat7" data-source="post: 646357" data-attributes="member: 14023">Fixed! It was indeed the top bearing. It was so covered in crappy grease that it was insulating the column from the tube. I pulled the column assemnly apart but left it in situ (so didn't disconnect the shaft from the rubber flange). I could lift the tube up enough to get to everything at the top, plus I even managed to restore the original wiring as the tag was still on the bottom of the tube. The bearing doesn't look as good as the one in the picture. It might be nice to replace it one day as its a bit floppy and there's a couple of mil of lateral play but it's good enough for now and no worse than before feel wise. I was actually really surprised that it wasn't so hard to do in the end,  only took 2 or 3 hours in all over a couple of days. It was certainly much easier to lift the column tube up than I thought it would be.</blockquote>