Why is so much effort being spent in "repairing" the shafts. Where are they going to go? You, Jules, said you needed a sledge to remove the shafts from each other. You are restoring them, so I see why you are doing it, but for the rest of us, who will ever see it? The upper shaft is held in at top, and the lower shaft is held in at the steering box. The only force on them is in rotation.