REMOVING A POWER STEERING GEAR QUESTION........
I just did it a few weeks ago, to swap in a manual box. My plan was to leave the coupling on the gear and just pull the steering column out of the coupling. Look closely at the coupling for the little hole, for a roll pin that holds the parts that holds the column in the coupling. FSM says to drive it into the coupling to remove the steering shaft. I neglected to read that info and ended up cutting it to bits with a grinder. I did have to loosen the header to get more room for it to slide out.
I just did it a few weeks ago, to swap in a manual box. My plan was to leave the coupling on the gear and just pull the steering column out of the coupling. Look closely at the coupling for the little hole, for a roll pin that holds the parts that holds the column in the coupling. FSM says to drive it into the coupling to remove the steering shaft. I neglected to read that info and ended up cutting it to bits with a grinder. I did have to loosen the header to get more room for it to slide out.