On Sat, 6 May 1995, Nicholas Durie wrote: > having great difficuly removing the steering arm from the > splined steering shaft. I have used a puller on it as > suggested in the Haynes manual, but it hasn't budged. > I've given it the shock treatment, but not too hard for fear By the shock treatment, do you mean tightening the puller firmly (but not so much as to distort the puller) then giving a smart whack to the end of the puller (where you attach the wrench)? This has worked for me when I took the arm of a steering box, but I know how some are stuck unimaginably tight. Alistair
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