Hi States-man,
the shaft moving in 3mm usually means that some idiot or un caring "person" has collapsed the centre shaft, sorry I cannot tell you what length it should be so you can check it.

unfortunately it is very difficult to find a centre shaft that has not either been droped on its end or hammered, someone will have to start to refurbish these one day!

There is a very small diameter nylon pin from the outer and inner parts of the shaft this gets sheered off when idiots use a hammer to loosen the steering wheel.
A hammer should never be used to loosen a steering wheel, a puller should be used always.

There are also small nylon pins in the aluminum attachment point half way down the collumn these can also be sheered by hammering.
Then there is the collapsable outer jacket of the collunm this can also be collapsed and should be checked if using one from a crashed car.

There are several ways that your horn does not work, firstly a blown fuse, then buggered horn, then no earth for the collumn, then also there is incorrectly fitting a wire on the ignition switch, in this case the horn only works when the engine is switched off.

If you insist on using an aftermarket steering wheel you need to watch that you place the indicator cancelling lugs in the same position and that the spline is correct, personally I fit the GTS ones then they fit properly and don't look tacky.

Hope this information answers your question.

Mike





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thanks gents for your replies, looks like I will have to check it out a bit further

Brian