This is what i wrote in my rebuild report on the ACOC Forum:
Back again with improvements and spare part infos.
Last weekend during a nice tour in Bavaria i faced a problem some of you may had in the past as well.
The steering column became "loose" and felt indifferent because this small rubber part in the foot well broke.
The part itself is called "lower steering column support bushing" or "lower steering column support bushing". My car is a 1985 and use the SD1 column and stalks so the correct rubber thing is a Rover/MG part as well.
It is pressed into a metal bracket screwed to the front of the drivers foot box front wall.
The original rubber piece has the Rover MG number "CRC360", a also available PU tuning part from company Super Flex Polyurthane in the UK has the part number SF2109.
Here are the links from Rimmer Brothers and Super Flex:
Steering Column/Support Bearing at www.rimmerbros.co.uk
SuperFlex: Advanced polyurethane suspension bushes
I ordered 2 of every kind and if i consider a 30 years lifetime each I'm prepared for the next 120 years.....
Will post pics from the repair next week.