Just came up yesterday. I get okay braking on light, routine braking, but pressing harder gives you the sensation there's a rock under the brake pedal. I get no additional travel, no more braking power, and the rate of deceleration remains the same. Ran this by one of my favorite mechs this morning and he didn't have anything in memory that's exactly like that, The first couple of inches of travel seem fine, as if the booster is okay, then rock hard. Haven't started troubleshooting yet, but just wondered if anyone has come across this same symptom.

Same old 92' Ranger XLT with 2.9 V6. I was replacing the power steering pump/reservoir today. Everything was going fine. When I pulled out the pump, I noticed the steering shaft flex coupling rag joint was in bad shape. I think leaking power steering fluid ate away a big chunk of it. I guess that is why I have steering wheel 'slop' It's the rag joint closest to the steering gear. Never done this repair before. 1. Do I have to remove steering gear and Pitman arm to replace this rag joint? 2. What parts do I need? 3. I'm guessing there is thread locker on the flex coupling bolts. Kinda' strange bolts. Looks like you need Allen wrench for one end and regular wrench for the other end? Just cut off bolts with my Dremel? I was unable to load photo. Said I exceeded my quota.