Sweet and shit...that' DSM's.

I had just finished replacing the wheel bearing and got an alignment. The brake shield was rubbing a bit so I pulled into a parking lot to bend it back a bit. I stop in the spot and start to turn the wheel full lock and I hear a noise. Weird. Bend the shield a bit and go to drive and the steering wheel just spins freely. Look at the junction of the column and rack and it's just spinning. There is a bolt that is supposed to be there and ride in a channel on the rack shaft. It was gone. I think the joint on the column slipped up and stripped out. I am actually hoping that's what needs to be replaced as I just got an alignment and I don't want to tear apart the suspension again.

I have a manual steering rack. If that's what's stripped and you have one I will take it off your hands.

It will be a while. I got it towed home, but it's nearly impossible to push into the garage when you can't steer, and have a welded center diff. I will probably yank the TCase just so I can push it, and put some vise grips on the rack shaft to steer? I dunno. Damnit.