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Trying to remove the steering shaft. After reading some write-ups and watching some videos I've gotten me this far but I'm unsure of what to do next? I'm pretty sure that metal piece (collar) needs to come off but I don't see any screws. Help?
I noticed that the following was stated in the article.
"One of the main safety features of the steering column is that this shaft assembly is collapsible. This is done by using a telescoping tube design with an injection-molded plastic key to lock the tube and shaft together: This plastic key will shear when the torso hits the steering wheel during a severe collision, allowing the shaft to collapse into the tube instead of punching your heart out through your spine..Once this happens the shaft is considered non-repairable."
My intention is to shorten the shaft which will require the removal of this injected plastic. Has anyone ever done this before? If so: How did you remove the injected plastic and what did you use in it's place to put reconstruct the shaft?
The wheel came out of a wrecked vehicle so the airbag was already deployed. I haven't decided whether to maintain that feature since it depends on whether I can maintain the "overlap" after the shortening. I need to cut a significant amount and believe I can maintain this. I've already removed the plastic but am having trouble removing the inner tube from the outer tube.It's in there pretty good.
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Upper steering shaft removal 
