In a message dated 11/20/03 12:10:01 PM Central Standard Time, ultra@xxxx writes: > The instructions we had were just as you just said. But when we > couldn't get the shaft separated from the u-joint we did some > improvising. I personally dont remember removing the binnacle, but > we did remove the kneepads, the two column support bolts, and then > resorted to classic American engineering, brute force. On second thought, perhaps we didn't remove the binnacle. i've only removed it about 10 times myself and repairs i did two or three years ago may be a little sketchy!!!!!! Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]