My column can be moved in any direction, with quite a bit of play, and it even locked on me during a turn once. I'm not sure what cars I can pull a better column out of, if any, and I'm basically wondering how much it'd be to get a working column in the car. 88 Eagle.
Its fixable. Somewhere in there is three screws that sound like they came loose. There is or was a how to somewhere. Try the eaglepedia as well.
http://www.amceaglenest.com/~iowaeagl/guide/index.php?title=How_To_Tighten_a_Loose_Steering_Column