A steering column assembly for use with a vehicle, the steering column assembly comprising: a bracket connectable to the vehicle; a jacket having an aperture, the jacket having a wall thickness at the aperture; a steering shaft supported by the jacket, the steering shaft being rotatable relative to the jacket about a longitudinal axis of the steering shaft; a bending strap having a jacket portion and a rack portion, the rack portion overlying and being separated from the jacket portion; a locking assembly configured to selectively restrict the rack portion from moving relative to the bracket; and an engaging body irrotatably positioned at least partially inside the jacket aperture, the engaging body being coupled to or forming part of the bending strap jacket portion and thereby coupling the bending strap rack portion to the jacket, the engaging body having a thickness that extends toward the longitudinal axis of the steering shaft past the jacket wall thickness at the aperture, characterised in that a form-fit element externally abuts the jacket and at least partially covers the jacket aperture, a nut member is positioned at least partially inside the jacket aperture,the form-fit element is fixed to the jacket and has a void, the nut member is separable from the form-fit element, the jacket portion has an area irrotatably seated in the void, the area has a through hole, and a fastener passes through the bending strap through hole and the form-fit element and is anchored in the nut member to couple the jacket portion to the jacket, the area has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the form-fit element, the thickness of the form-fit element is greater than a wall thickness of the jacket, and the area has at least one protrusion extending toward a nut member of the engaging element, wherein the at least one protrusion forms part of the thickness of the area. a bracket connectable to the vehicle; a jacket having an aperture, the jacket having a wall thickness at the aperture; a steering shaft supported by the jacket, the steering shaft being rotatable relative to the jacket about a longitudinal axis of the steering shaft; a bending strap having a jacket portion and a rack portion, the rack portion overlying and being separated from the jacket portion; a locking assembly configured to selectively restrict the rack portion from moving relative to the bracket; and an engaging body irrotatably positioned at least partially inside the jacket aperture, the engaging body being coupled to or forming part of the bending strap jacket portion and thereby coupling the bending strap rack portion to the jacket, the engaging body having a thickness that extends toward the longitudinal axis of the steering shaft past the jacket wall thickness at the aperture, characterised in that a form-fit element externally abuts the jacket and at least partially covers the jacket aperture, a nut member is positioned at least partially inside the jacket aperture,the form-fit element is fixed to the jacket and has a void, the nut member is separable from the form-fit element, the jacket portion has an area irrotatably seated in the void, the area has a through hole, and a fastener passes through the bending strap through hole and the form-fit element and is anchored in the nut member to couple the jacket portion to the jacket, the area has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the form-fit element, the thickness of the form-fit element is greater than a wall thickness of the jacket, and the area has at least one protrusion extending toward a nut member of the engaging element, wherein the at least one protrusion forms part of the thickness of the area. <EOS>