Quote Originally Posted by Barney View Post
I was changing the power steering box in my van the other day. Had it in and was bleeding the system by turning lock to lock when all of a sudden the steering wheel just went round and round. Had a look and the flange had come off the steering shaft where it attaches to the flexible coupling. Damn glad it happened in the shed and not on the road! Ive never seen this before and was wondering how common it is?? Any similar stories out there?
ive seen plenty of the couplings perish and break but in the 1000s of hq to wb ive wrecked in 30 years ive never seen a shaft break even in big hits...lucky man...go buy a lottery ticket..