I’m in the UK which means corrosion is significant. My steering gearbox has a small leak so I decided to rebuild a spare box and swap it in. Problem is, the steering input shaft UJ was so rusted to the input shaft it categorically wouldn’t budge. I had been soaking the UJ in penetrant for 2 weeks before I tried to remove it. Then the input shaft snapped.
So, onto spare gearbox number two. Same issue, only this time I eventually managed to get the UJ off. Unfortunately it is not the win I had hoped for. The input shaft splines are so rusty that to reuse the shaft doesn’t seem sensible. I’ve cleaned it with a wire brush and the whole exposed end of the shaft is deeply pitted with corrosion.
Looking on Toyodiy it doesn’t appear to be a replaceable part.... Is that right?
So, onto spare gearbox number two. Same issue, only this time I eventually managed to get the UJ off. Unfortunately it is not the win I had hoped for. The input shaft splines are so rusty that to reuse the shaft doesn’t seem sensible. I’ve cleaned it with a wire brush and the whole exposed end of the shaft is deeply pitted with corrosion.
Looking on Toyodiy it doesn’t appear to be a replaceable part.... Is that right?
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