STATOR TUBE DRAMAS - NON ADJUSTABLE STEERING COLUMN

["scott@scottjgraham.com" <scott@scottjgraham.com>]

Guys,
  My garage is trying to reinstall my stator tube which was removed by another 
recently so i could fit a new steering wheel (Lempert - v nice). They have run 
into a drama.
  When the sleeve is fitted over the bottom of the stator tube, the sleeve and 
stator tube combined are now too wide to fit through the steering box cover and 
reach the olive nut. What are we doing wrong here? BTW this is a non adjustable 
steering column - so has the really long stator tube. 
  Scott BJ7