C9X, Thanks for your interest. Today I got about two full turns more on the nut and some threads are showing now but I will ask to tighten the nut more when I get the front end aligned. The slack in the whole column seems to be at the very bottom where the shaft comes out of the Vega box so If I can set that up a little tighter it should be good. Another problem is that my car has been sitting so long that the front tires are a little low on air pressure and so when I turn the wheel the tires don't turn but a tiny amount at first but when I watch the rims there is less slack. I am now sure after messing around with it again today that there is no slack at all from the GM column through two universals so whatever slack is there is at the Vega box.

Thanks for your help,
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder