Steering column assemblies lypically use sliding surfaces to allow for telescope movement and stroke. These sliding surfaces may have difficulty stroking at a high column mounting angle. A roller bearing assembly is disposed between an inner jacket and an outer jacket to serve as an interface for the two jackets. The outer jacket includes a polygon cross-section comprised of three or more sides along at least a portion of the axial length of the outer jacket. The inner jacket is round with a circular, or substantially circular, cross-section along at least a portion of the axial length thereof. The circular portion of the inner jacket and the polygon portion of the outer jacket arc present at the interface of the two jackets where the roller bearing assembly is located, as described above. The roller bearing assembly comprises cylindrical rollers and a cage to contain the cylindrical rollers. The rollers protrude from the cage through windows of the cage to move against the outer jacket with "line-on-line" contact. However, the rollers roll against the inner jacket at a "point-on-point" contact. The point-on-point contact allows the inner jacket to be rotated when the steering column assembly is installed to a column mounting structure, thereby accommodating build variation.
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