Help....

Nerocuba · Dec 15, 2019

Changing the UJs on the lower steering column and am stuck.... And the lights fading.
Taken all the bolts out of the old UJs but now can't get the arm out... It's bloody tight in there too..... Am I missing something? Is there something else I need to take off in order to remove the lower steering arm?
My first job and its gone wrong

Al2O3 · Dec 15, 2019

Nerocuba said:
Changing the UJs on the lower steering column and am stuck.... And the lights fading.
Taken all the bolts out of the old UJs but now can't get the arm out... It's bloody tight in there too..... Am I missing something? Is there something else I need to take off in order to remove the lower steering arm?
My first job and its gone wrong

Don't be too hard on yourself, even the easiest jobs can turn in to a pain for the best if us.
IIRC you have to take the bolts right off those steering column UJ's before the clamps come off. I think it's that, there's something slightly odd about them anyway.
EDIT
I think the bolt acts like a woodruff key on to the shaft, so the clamps won't slide off until the bolts are slid right out.

Nerocuba · Dec 15, 2019

Al2O3 said:
Don't be too hard on yourself, even the easiest jobs can turn in to a pain for the best if us.
IIRC you have to take the bolts right off those steering column UJ's before the clamps come off. I think it's that, there's something slightly odd about them anyway.
EDIT
I think the bolt acts like a woodruff key on to the shaft, so the clamps won't slide off until the bolts are slid right out.

I have literally taken the bolt out altogether....the shaft is ver loose and I can slide it with my hand back and forth but there isn't enough room for them to come off the splines... I'm pulling my hair out out.

Retroanaconda · Dec 15, 2019

If I remember correctly you have to knock it right to the extreme of the splines travel in one direction in order to disconnect it. I used a long wooden drift and a hammer last time.

Al2O3 · Dec 15, 2019

I haven't got enough hair to pull out

Have you loosened the UJ on the box input shaft? I think you might have to loosen that one too. Although I can't remember having to do that @Retroanaconda might have hit the nail on the head there.

Nerocuba · Dec 15, 2019

All done thanks guys.... Was a nightmare but with a bit of not so gentle persuasion, got it out.... Thank for your help. This is the old one one if interested.
Thanks again

tottot · Dec 15, 2019

Yes you have to loosen the box input end of the lower uj as well

Al2O3 · Dec 15, 2019

Nerocuba said:
All done thanks guys.... Was a nightmare but with a bit of not so gentle persuasion, got it out.... Thank for your help. This is the old one one if interested.
Thanks again

Pleased you got it sorted.
Cold hands ?

Nerocuba · Dec 15, 2019

You know what, it only started getting cold now, so glad I got it finished in time. First dirty job and it feels like a huge achievement lol drives like a reasonably good one now hahaha.
Thanks again, that's why I love this site, lots of good people always willing to help.

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