The coupler is backed with a steering u-joint. With the coupler in the said position the u-joint makes the rolling possible.
The picture shows the proper position of the coupler and you can see how the u-joint makes the rolling to separate possible.
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Hi,
Sorry for bringing up an old post, as I find it impossible to roll the coupling separate, the post just won't clear off the disc to be separated so I can move on to remove the spline bolt.
I read many times of @LandCruiserPhil initial post and tried as many times to roll off the coupling and failed to do so before I decided to bringing this up again.
To be clear, I removed the 2 12mm bolts and nuts and washers, 2 10mm bolts off the shaft's seal on firewall under dash, and the 2 nuts and washer off the 3/8" dia. Post, and position the post on noon and 6 o'clock position; now my question is, how do I separate the flexible rubber coupling from then u-joint side ?
The original instruction was to roll the coupling to separate them, no matter how I roll it, the 2 3/8" posts are in the way, did I missed something?
Thank you!