Patent ID: 8092635

Claim:
A method of forming a steering column assembly having telescoping movement and using an outer jacket, an inner jacket, a sleeve, and a liquid thermosetting composition, said method comprising the steps of: disposing the inner jacket into the outer jacket; disposing the sleeve between the inner and outer jackets to exert a predetermined frictional force on the inner jacket opposing the telescoping movement, followed by inserting the liquid thermosetting composition into the outer jacket between the outer jacket and the sleeve; maintaining the predetermined frictional force opposing the telescoping movement and securing the sleeve to the outer jacket by curing the liquid thermosetting composition to form a filler, wherein the steering column assembly further includes at least one guide between the outer jacket and the sleeve, and further including the step of inserting the at least one guide into the outer jacket between the outer jacket and the sleeve to define a passage between the outer jacket and the sleeve and to route the liquid thermosetting composition into the passage.