Is this ok to use

should be fine, Its the steering shaft you need to worry about. Pull it out and make sure the shear pin is OK. Also you dint need the entire column to convert to floor shift. You only need the collar up top. It should swap right to your original column.

This is my original column that I was going to use. The rest of the column is fine, it was just this piece that got damaged. That is why I was concerned. Im not sure if this causes an integrity issues and the column will flex or what not.