Many many thanks!! got it all back together last nyt. Nowhere as hard as i thought.

Klompy, is th tin plates ur talkin about on th piston?? i havnt pulled that out yet. hope its that easy. youtube was a little help altho i still can't find a repacking ballscrew vid for th hilux.

Ok so thinking i cld save $$ by doin th repair myself seems i was wrong. i had a leaky input shaft seal on power steer box an thought swt jst pull that bit out an replace seal job done. not so. iv managed to pull th worm drive out of th piston an now I'm completely bonkers trying to figure out how ...