928Shane

Any tricks to get the joint loose on my rack, guess 30 + years have made a solid "relationship" with the rack!!

928Shane

and yes I took the pinch bolt out!

Landseer

I've used a tie rod fork with a wrench behind it.
Generally the plastic shaft cover is brittle and gets expended.

Have also used a wedge to tap open the pinch groove.

Maybe others have a more gentile manner.

Check out your joint. Have seen three now that were toast.

Lizard928

I use an air hammer with a chisel to knock it up. Even the hardest ones come off with ease.

928Shane

Thanks, I'm letting it soak in pbblaster while i have lunch then back at it, I'll try my pickle fork. joint seems good n'tite.

Tom in Austin

On my 968 I had success using a cold chisel to carefully wedge open the pinch groove ...

Bill Ball

Opening up the pinch groove has been my method. Some of these are real bears, some not. Clean up the flutes inside and hope you can get it back on easily. The fun part is that this joint has twice as many teeth as the steering wheel. So, you can easily end up a tooth off. Sure, you could adjust that out by offsetting the tie rods just a bit, but the proper method is to remove and reset the lower joint so the steering wheel and rack are both centered together.

928Shane

Thanks guys, the pickle fork did the trick,I did lose my center thogh so i'll get that set before i do the finall assembly. so far no leaks!

Landseer

The little black plug, drivers side, covers the rack centering dimple.

928Shane

awesome, thanks.