Stuck Steering

[Berdink]

Just an idea. Maybe others had thought of something similar. In my searching the forums, I hadn't seen this as a suggested fix for a stuck steering shaft - the shaft that the steering rod passes through - properly known as the steering tilt tube.
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I wrapped them with clear tubing so the PB Blaster could soak and seep further into the tube.
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It was frozen stuck and a hammer wouldn't even move it. But after soaking an hour like this, I can spin the shaft some.
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I'll post back if successful or not, but it wasn't budging. And spraying PB Blaster at it wasn't doing it.

 

[redneck joe]

interesting

 

[Berdink]

I got it to pull out about an inch.
I'm going to let it soak a couple days.

 

[Chris1956]

Usually if you can rock the shift rod front to back with a pipe or monkey wrench, with penetrating oil and some rags for cleaning the dirt off, they will loosen up.

Hammering on the end will usually mushroom the end of the rod and make removal near impossible.

 

[Berdink]

Usually if you can rock the shift rod front to back with a pipe or monkey wrench, with penetrating oil and some rags for cleaning the dirt off, they will loosen up.

Hammering on the end will usually mushroom the end of the rod and make removal near impossible.

Thanks, I'll check for mushrooms, and if, I'll grind the mushroom down.