the problem has been fixed in this case the 2 t bolts that hold the top peice off the column to the lower half (this was a column shift car) had loosened up and pulled through allowing the 2 halfs to seperate from each other also the top 3 bearing retainer bolts were working there way out as well, but were still in enough to keep it together,so in the end it was an easy fix and i finally got the chance to fill in the hole from the original shift lever while i was there too. thank you all for your help
