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I had the same thing happen to me once. I had just been driving about 70 mph. pulled into a gas station and the shaft came off the steering rack.
In my case, I was the culprit. I had replaced the rack and tightened the bolt, but had not noticed a PO had installed a slightly smaller diameter bolt in the shaft which did not physically lock everything together, so it slipped out. I remember tightening the bolt very tighly, thinking "Only an idiot wouldn't tighten this bolt." Evidently, I was the idiot. I never assumed there would be a smaller bolt in there, and evidently, I wasn't able to tighten it tight enough.
I still get freaked out thinking about what "could" have happened. Glad nobody got hurt. Still sends chills down my spine.
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