Rotatable stud construction

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A STEERING ASSEMBLY HAVING A CENTER LINK WITH A SOCKET MEANS AND AN OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SOCKET MEANS: A ROTATABLE STUD UNIT, COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL-SHAPED RETAINER ADAPTED TO SEAT IN SAID SOCKET MEANS AND HAVING A BORE THERETHROUGH AND SCREW THREADS ON THE INTERNAL WALL ADJACENT EACH END OF SAID BORE, AN EXTERNAL FLANGE NEAR ONE END THEREOF FOR ENGAGING SAID SOCKET MEANS NEAR THE TOP THEREOF, A BUSHING ADAPTED TO EXTENT THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID SOCKET MEANS AND THREADED INTO THE BORE OF SAID RETAINER AND HAVING A FLANGE ON THE LOWER END FOR ENGAGING THE BOTTOM OF SAID SOCKET MEANS, A STUD WITH A RECESS IN THE UPPER END EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BUSHING AND DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM FOR RECEIVING A ROD, A NUT ON THE LOWER END OF SAID STUD FOR RETAINING SAID ROD THEREON, A FLANGE ON THE UPPER END OF SAID STUD FOR SEATING ON THE UPPER END OF SAID BUSHING, AN ADJUSTMENT PLUG THREADEDLY RECEIVED IN THE UPPER END OF SAID RETAINER, A PLURALITY OF SPACERS BETWEEN SAID STUD AND SAID PLUG, A COIL SPRING IN THE RECESS IN SAID STUD ENGAGING THE ADJACENT SPACER, AND A LUBRICATING FIXTURE IN SAID PLUG COMMUNICATING WITH THE BORE IN SAID RETAINER.