When it was installed did you lube the new part at the contact/mount points?
It's lubed where it connects on both sides, albeit that really shouldn't be necessary, plus I attempted to pack additional lube into the articulating shaft area, but there already was some.
I went under the column again and see some kind of black and bare metal object and by feel I could determine it had a 4 wire connector going to it. That object is so loose it rattles like crazy. It was hard to determine but I think I could feel it rattle in the steering wheel when I reached a finger up there and shook it around. I'll have to figure out how to get that lower panel below the steering wheel off and check that.
I have no idea what this part is. Almost like however it mounts is now loose.
I also have that steering angle sensor and all that plastic rattles, so I'm going to remove that, albeit if I manually move that around I can't feel it in the steering wheel. But I already bypassed that nonesense at the steering pump so I'm going to pull that crap off. Has made ZERO difference on the highway.