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Thanks Rob. Noted on that, unlearn and re-learn! ;-) It was an insane amount of force that finally popped it out. I'd just done my R100 a few months earlier so knew it was not normal. The grease at the bottom bearings is a rusty colour, not sure if that's from the grease used or if it's stained by c...

P.S. In hindsight, I should have applied heat to the buttom tapered bearings but I was stupidly concentrating it at the top. That might have gotten it without the ridiculous hammering. Live and learn!

Got it! I literally had to pretend I was at ta funfair on that "test your strength" hammer game. I can't believe how much force I had to put onto that bloody steering column, but it's off now so time to sit back a well-earned beverage(s).

Thanks!

(The adjuster nut is the notched nut that sits beneath the top yoke and is tightened with a special toothed spanner.) Your advice to spread the 'pincher parts' of the yoke is for remove the suspension stanchions, which I have already done. I'm just trying to get the steering column / bottom yoke out...

Hi all, this might have already been covered, but any tips on how to remove a stubborn steering column greatly appreciated. Top yoke and adjuster nuts removed obviously. I've applied mucho heat, WD-40, more mucho heat, more pentrant, more heat and pounded and pounded and pounded with a large rubber ...