Looking to remove everything from the steering column to leave just the steering wheel and and an aftermarket indicator stalk. I've had a quick look tonight but having managed to remove the cast alu ignition block from the black sleeve, I notice that the bearing closest the steering wheel is actually sat in the casting, not the sleeve as it is the other end.
How have people got around this? Do I need to find a different bearing for the end (this is likely just to pop out though as there would be nothing to hold it in)? I don't want to chop and turn the casting down as some others have done as this just seems a bit pointless. The only other suggestion I came up with was to mount a more robust bearing where the steering shaft currently mounts to/passes through the chassis bracket.
Thoughts appreciated. Pictures below for clarity:
Steering Column 1
Steering column bearing
[Edited on 12/2/17 by Ron Lang]