Yeah I know where freeport is, been there/thru there a few times over the years. I'm in Kankakee. Like an hour south of chicago, which is a place I avoid like the plague.
I got a good length, as it's out of the truck now. Mainly I need to count the splines and measure the diameter. I see that when they were available from Mopar this one was a 2 year only part.
I saw a pic of a 93 steering column elsewhere online, and I see that it too is splined like the gearbox. Mine is like a hollow double d.
One thing I see is that if I put it together as a solid shaft I will have to pull either the column or the gearbox to be able to slide it onto one end or the other.