| Lower Steering Shaft Removal [message #344914] |
Thu, 04 July 2019 22:14  |
Stu Rasmussen
Messages: 130
Registered: January 2019
Location: Silverton, OR
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Greetings all,
I need to remove the lower steering shaft and didn't find any information on how to do it in a search of the forums. (Why, you ask? Because the upper steering shaft lower bearing is in the wrong place according to the diagrams and the shaft / CV joint are wobbly when stopped and noisy while driving)
It appears from the diagrams that once the upper spline retaining bolt is removed the telescoping shaft elements should have enough room to allow the CV joint to slide off the splined shaft of the steering column.
After removing the retaining bolt and applying some muscle to the telescoping shaft trying to press it downward there was no movement.
Does this mean the telescoping members are probably rusted together or am I doing the whole thing wrong?
If I am on the right track and the telescoping shafts are rusted would injecting grease at the Zerk possibly let it slide or is this a fool's errand?
I thought about trying to take the CV joint apart but the bolt heads didn't match up with any of my wrenches: 7/16", 1/2", 11mm & 12mm. What size are they?
Thanks for any information -
Stu
Stu Rasmussen W7QJ
Silverton, OR
'77 Birchaven
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