Replacing power steering with Manuel steering

Here's what I did. I bought a used manual steering gear then bought a weld on 3/4 splined x 3/4 smooth round joint, I used a vice grip and a large ball peen hammer to extend the original steering shaft to mate to the manual steering gear then welded it in place. Works great. I think I have less than 100 bucks in the whole thing.

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What happens in a crash? Do you still have compression in the shaft?

I guess if you extend it there will be some except you welded it. Did you drill and insert some nylon pin or something?