Steering Column Length Difference between Manual and Power Steering Cars.
The steering shaft is a different length. Many will tell you to tap the Manual steering shaft to break the plastic inner connector and shorten the shaft and while MANY have done that I prefer to not break parts and instead replace the shaft with a proper length UNMOLESTED shaft.
The column housing is the same
The coupler is different PS to MS The input shaft dia????
1970-71 parts book
Manual steering
Power steering
The photos below are the columns I'm going to swap the shafts on to go from 67 Floor Shift Power Steering to 67 Floor shift Manual steering (the parts you don't add don't cause you no trouble!)
67 PS floor shift column
68 Column shift Manual column
The steering shaft is a different length. Many will tell you to tap the Manual steering shaft to break the plastic inner connector and shorten the shaft and while MANY have done that I prefer to not break parts and instead replace the shaft with a proper length UNMOLESTED shaft.
The column housing is the same
The coupler is different PS to MS The input shaft dia????
1970-71 parts book
Manual steering
Power steering
The photos below are the columns I'm going to swap the shafts on to go from 67 Floor Shift Power Steering to 67 Floor shift Manual steering (the parts you don't add don't cause you no trouble!)
67 PS floor shift column
68 Column shift Manual column