If one is sans railroad spike, what would be a good alternative tool for the job of opening up the coupling? Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver x2 Mike Collum wrote: > Yesterday I finished removing my old power steering rack. One of the > "hassles" was spreading the coupler from the steering U-Joint to the > splined shaft on the rack. Nothing I had available seemed to do the > trick until ran across a RAILROAD SPIKE. Yep ... the railroad spike was > the perfect tool. Just the right amount of bevel, right length to hold > onto, and included the head for hitting with a hammer. > > If you don't have a railroad spike ... pick one up the next time you see > one. One day you'll need it. > > Mike > '84 GL 7 pass (Horse) > '85 GL Westy (WPNWILO) > > |
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