But thats a 2 person job... One person to stay underneath and support the box so it doesnt fall (and thus wiggle it out from the coupler), and another to remove the bolts from the frame. And a similar job to install it back.

I'm a one man show... And the service manual claims that the coupler should slide up the corrugated steering shaft...

Thanks,

JMH

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