Frank - Mine, as pictured, were all stationary and wouldn't move at all. I removed all of them with a grinder. I found the easiest to make a cut 180* apart on either side of the shaft. Then use a chisel to finish the last amount of material remaining from the cut. After that the pieces basically fell off. The endcap gets re-used. When re-assembling be careful because there is nothing keeping the main shaft inside the steering rack any longer. That means if you tip it over to one end then the shaft will slide right out of the rack.