Upper steering u-joint access

[toddu]

I'm trying to take some angle out of my steering u-joints. How/where do you access the upper one? I want to make sure it's not under the cover that runs from the smugglers box towards the firewall before I try and get that cover removed (no small feat it appears). Is it actually under the dash, closer to the column? Or do I need to actually remove that cover?

I've got some steering binding, well I did once, and now I'm affraid to drive the car until I figure out what's going on.

Cheers,
Todd

[cgarr]

Check the rubber mount in the smugglers box, there is a needle bearing in the rubber that goes bad and can cause the joints to get out of alignment and bind in certain spots.

[Jeff Alton]

You get at it from in the trunk, it is up pretty close to the dash and will probably require removing some of the HVAC plumbing...

Cheers