Tilt column questions

[Shifty]

So my column can't be tightened any more...it was used as a way for farmhands to pull themselves into the truck for too long, and it's done.  Will a non-tilt column swap in without issue?  If so, is there a year-span that will work?  (mine is an 87, a/t, with the cruise/windshield wiper/delay on the turn signal lever).  Barring that, does anyone sell a replacement knuckle?  The price of columns is pretty prohibitive, even for scrap-yards, so...

[Kren420]

I believe '84 and up will work, before that year wipers and high beams were not on the column.  I think it's '84..... someone else may know better

[BADAZ chevy guy]

When you say it won't tighten any more... do you mean the all threads are stripped? Have you torn into it deep enough to check the 3 torks head screws behind the tilt knuckle? If not, I would do that first before going through all the hassle of replacing an entire column.

This video shows where the screws are and how to get to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsIWG-hRfy0

[Shifty]

Yeah, only two of the torx screws will tighten.  I actually had a shop (good mechanic) do it for me, and he's done this quite a bit (including his own 86 Suburban), and he pronounced it DOA. 

[Irish_Alley]

have you checked this out?
How-To: Fixing a Sloppy GM Tilt Column

[Shifty]

Yeah, we did that, but it still remains loose-just up and down now, but still not right.