I have a 70 B body with power steering but switching over to manual. I'm rebuilding the column at the same time. When I pulled the steering shaft the inner and outer shafts were already loose (separated). I think my column may have already been for a manual car but someone compressed the shaft so it would fit a power car, since the power shaft is shorter. If you look at the pic you can see the plastic pieces corresponding with the holes in the outer shafts. But on inner column at the right side of the pic you can see the marks showing where the column was actually installed relative to the outer shaft. Does this make sense? If so I think I can orient the inner shaft to its original location based on the plastic plugs and use for my manual box.