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found this in the barn.  the column looks normal but it's a few inches shorter than all the others.  :dunno:  anyone know what gives?

 

 

 

 

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Could it be for a ZJ?  I tired on in my MJ. The steering wheel was an inch or so, farther forward. feltt nice. The length in the engine bay was longer though. 

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I have a small collection of original Jeep CJ tilt columns.  Something I noticed, they all vary in overall length, by 1 to 3 inches.  Not really enough to make a huge difference, but there it is.  I can only guess two things: one, they didn't have close attention to tolerances when assembled. Two, they are designed to collapse when involved in an accident.  I don't know how much force is required. Perhaps it's possible to collapse them just from being dropped, for example.  

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