I did this once and it is tough as I recall.
The bolt sits down in a trough so you can't just loosen it, it has to come
all the way out. Maybe then if you separate the sides of the clamp with a
screwdriver it will come off,

Entity Jutta & Christian Knust spoke thus:

> Hi folks,
> I hope you have had a great weekend. I spent a couple of hours under the
> Westy to remove the old power steering rack & pinion. Well, finally I am
> stuck,
> since I just cannot find a way to remove the u-joint from the pinion. The
> u-joint, which has probably never been removed in the last 14 years, connects
> the pinion end to the steering rod, both the pinion end and the steering rod
> end are equipped with fine teeth fitting into the teeth of the u-joint. I just
> cannot remove the u-joint from either the rod or the pinion end. Pulling,
> pushing and yelling did not help so far. Is there any way to get this thing
> off?
> What's the trick on this???? Is there a VW tool to do this or what?
> Thanks, regards
> Chris
>
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