47-55.1 old (member) new truck 1951 3100 deluxe

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Originally Posted by dsraven

Do you plan to take the shaft out of the box then? After re reading your post it kinda sounds like it. Just before you start try to have a gasket kit ready and possibly a new bushing for the pitman shaft, you never know what you will find until you get inside there.

having never done this i dont know if the shaft can be removed from the box? so i planed on leaving the shaft in the box. and by cutting the sleeve and sliding it off the shaft then i would have access to cut down the shaft. then slide the sleeve back over the shaft rewelding it.
what do you think? and can the sleeve and the shaft both be removed from the box??