[Sledge]

Ray--If you are not disconnecting the bottom of the steering shaft from the steering box then you are not isolating the u-joints when you are manually moving the wheels from lock to lock. They should still be rotating. I think.

Misfit: I get what you are saying but there is not enough clearance in my system to remove the lower steering shaft without having to drop the steering box. Unless there is an easy way to change the end location of the upper steering shaft (the one that is nearly horizontal above the headers, and goes thru the firewall).

Cheers