88 Cherokee-Lash in tilt wheel

I've noticed over the last couple of months a lash (looseness) developing in the steering column on my 88 Cherokee.
I've got the column stripped down to the tilt mechanism, but I have a round plastic shroud below it I can't move, slide or budge more than an 1/8th of an inch up or down. I have the sneaking suspicion what I need to tighten is under there. No screws, no clips, no bolts and not a lot of clearance around it and the steering column for me to look in there and see what's the hangup. I'm assuming it's something that's loosened, as this problem gets worse over time, and before I can't steer the stupid thing, I thought I'd address it.
Anybody know what I'm looking for specifically? Or how to get that damn shroud out of my way, well, other than with a sawzall?

Thanks!

Stephen The Wheeless

Well, for any of you out there following this real time steering column nightmare, the score is as follows:
Sawzall-1 Plastic Lower Shroud-0
Turns out I was right about the progressive looseness. At the very base of the tilt steering wheel mount and at the very top of the stamped steel tube that makes up that part of the column that goes under the dash are 4 bolts, they either are a medium to fine thread metric or a 1/4-28 with a Torx T40 head on them. Not a female socket like you're used to seeing, but driving head on the fastener that looks like a torx driver bit. Big washer flange under the head. No lockwasher, star washer or chemical locking prep appears to have ever been present. The nut on this nightmare is a stamped steel Ninja Throwing Star looking thing that I can't even fish out to chase the threads SAE. The steering rod goes right through the middle of it.
I know it's been in there for 20 years. It still shouldn't have come loose. For crying out loud, it's retaining the business end of THE WHOLE steering mechanism.
I assure you, the 2" Allen cap screws I replace them with are going to have some 5 Minute Epoxy on them. I figure (I really think the hardware is metric) between the slight pitch misalignment between the SAE and Metric threads and the epoxy, this truck will go to the shredder with these bolts still at torque.
Done right, like it should have been done in the first place...

Stevie Sawzall

PS For the mechanically squeemish, I'd recommend a steering column replacement, I'm not enjoying this...

Not that it matters now, but a quick google search would have given you tons of hits on how to repair the tilt.

Here's one. http://www.epiccomputer.com/dale/jeepjunk/tilt/tilt.html

Thanks for the heads up, I'm sure that will come in handy in the rebuild, their are a boatload of parts in this small space...