[Vwpickups] 81 diesel Rabbit

[John Jelly]

A strange thing happened suddenly today while strong arming out of a parking spot.
A clunk, and now find I can move the steering wheel up and down, side to side etc. Feels like a bearing/ bush is suddenly missing!
Looking in the manual I just see aspacer at the top.
Has anyone else experienced this situation? I am a little afraid of a steering column teardown to fix.
Thankyou for any!!