ignition housing - simple prob but sending me maddddddd!!

hi every1

i had to replace the ignition housing on me 79er mk1 as the steering lock was broke. took it all off no probs, now im trying to put the new one back on it just wont go in the correct position - its almost as if the steering colum tube circumfrence is to big. The tube just wont go in to the base of the housing and this means the steering wheel doesnt have enough thread to be secure enough. the colum meets the fixing bracket enough to but the bolt through, but it needs about half a centimetre more to fit proper, u can see on the tube where it should b as theres a mark there….

pls help as im going mad  with this stupid problem - ive tried squeezing the tube together but it doesnt help…

bad nite for advice stick with it someone will help :dontknow:

Was the replacement part a genuine VW one (used or new) and was it for a series 1 Mk1?

I didn't take mine off during my resto, but I assume there's more than one screw which holds it in position - it's an obvious question but have you got all the screws undone? (I'm sure you have, but sometimes it's easy to overlook a simple answer…)

HTH

Rich

thanx for the advice guys.  just used a small file on the inner housing and brute force -its on now and im laffing!!  not long to go now….will post lots of pics soon when its fully completed.