E320 steering assembly removal

[Kentbroth]

Hi. Thanks for your help on this issue. Ive got the dreaded steering lock motor failure and have started to remove the steering assembly and have run into difficulty seperating the shaft from the universal joint near the pedals. This joint doesn't appear to have an easy way to seperate it from the steering assembly. Ive got power telescoping and tilt and the joint looks different than other posts ive seen. Will i need to remove the steering shaft from the rack? Help is greatly appreciated.