That was the problem from the start, when I first replaced the coupler, I didn't have the coupler all the way into the steering box, only 1/4 of the way. Reason for it was that I was also trying to have some of the rod slide into the coupler. I thought I had more thna a 64th of an inch from the rod going into the coupler. I didn't think that the rod had slid into itself so I thought that it was correctly installed until it came out and I had to re-install the coupler. I realized that the rod had become shortand I wasn't getting the proper fit. The point I am trying to make is that the rod slid in without me knowing and what I thought was the correct installation was actually a death trap. Whw I was pushuing the rod into the coupler I was able to make ie slide into itself or it had slid before at a accident which I didn't know because it has had previous owners.

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Thanks, Juan