So we turned it back in for service fewer than 2,000 miles later, and the dealer service department replaced the steering column, steering intermediate shaft, and column boot. (automobilemag.com)
This includes your main - shaft, universal joints, and an underlying intermediate shaft which immediately responds to all your steering wheel movements. (yourmechanic.com)
Power comes from a 3.4 - liter flat - six which had an LN Engineering intermediate shaft bearing (IMS) installed at 56k miles. (bringatrailer.com)