well my truck is officially dead in its tracks.
I pulled the shaft, and I had to cut it to get it off. the sliding portion was seized too. along with the upper U joint, could not articulate either direction in my hands, the lower U joint is siezed one direction but moves the other. I put the seat belt thru the spokes in the wheel to keep it from spinning (stupid airbag) while I figure out what to buy besides finding a good used original. Its a double D coming off the column and a yet uncounted spline at the box (I aint going back out in the rain to do so, right yet)