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Posted: **03 Jul 2010 18:40**

How the heck do you get the steering shaft off? I would like to remove, I believe it is the intermediate shaft, between the steering rack and the firewall. Anybody got pic's?

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Posted: **03 Jul 2010 19:46**

Undo & remove the bolt in the upper coupling, undo & remove the bolt in the universal joint by the steering rack.Push the shaft back up towards the bulkhead so the universal joint comes of the rack & then pull it back down away from the steering column. [:D]

Andy
1981 UK SPEC TR8

Posted: **03 Jul 2010 23:26**

Opening up the gaps in the U-joints with a large screw driver and a few taps with a copper hammer might turn out to be usefull too ...

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Posted: **04 Jul 2010 08:51**

Edit ... forgot this one;
You'll have to remove ALL three bolts from the shaft.
Otherwise the U-joint at the top won't slide down far enough to get it of the steering column ...

1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
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