[Sledge]

Roy, maybe my car is built differently from yours, but even when I remove the bolt from the u-joint to steering box at the lower end of the shaft, and remove the two bolts at the upper end of the shaft, I can not get the shaft disconnected from the steering box or from the shaft that goes to the steering wheel. I don't know if all BDR's are this way, but the u-joints are welded to the shaft, not bolted on. Thus taking off the bolts does not completely uncouple the steering shaft from the box. At least on my beast. I have to do something else. Oh well, I've spent so much time trying to avoid work, I might just as well just drop the box a couple of inches so I can remove the shaft, then re-install the box to verify the culprit.

Thanks and Cheers,