Steering Column Length Difference between Manual and Power Steering Cars.

Dana67Dart said
IIRC The coupler is different on some if not all cases

The steering shaft is a different length too. (Many will tell you to tap the Manual steering shaft to brale the plastic inner connector and shorten the shaft
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Why would you have to brake the inner connector in order to shorten the shaft? Couldn't you just cut the shaft, shorten it, and weld it back together?