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 Posted: 09-18-2011 11:45 pm
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Mason Jones



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Location: Austin, Texas USA
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 Soooo…the steering has been binding lately. Not sure when it started. It binds at certain points in the turning radius, not consistently. I had the steering shaft out while replacing the exhaust manifold but it was not binding immediately afterward.

I loosened the bottom u-joint and discovered that it only moves in one direction. Is this normal? Seems contrary to the idea of a universal joint. Moves fine one way but won’t budge the other. This would explain the binding but before I try to unstick it I wanted to make sure that it was not the way it was designed.

This video illustrates how it moves (or doesn’t move). Normal or FUBAR?
http://youtu.be/NpranxKa3EY