Custom Pitman Arm?

[hewittca]

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone has ever built their own pitman arm, or found one from a different vehicle that works on our trucks. Here's why I'm asking. I am swapping my truck from manual to power steering and I have discovered that the pitman arm shaft is about 3/4" longer on the power box. Normally, this probably isn't an issue but on my truck I have a sectioned crossmember that causes significant interference between the tierods and crossmember. If I could find (or build) a pitman arm that had 3/4" less drop then my centerlink would be back in the same position it was with the manual steering and everything would clear again. Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated!

Here's my original manual box. Measurement from the mounting hole to the pitman arm is about 1.19"



Power steering box measures about 1.93"



Interference with the power box. I have no issues with the manual box.