bearing between shift tube and steering shaft needed

The short of it is… yes the needle bearing I found will work it you mill the outside diameter down… especially all the way and not like me where it got stuck in the tube and I couldn’t get it back out to mill down more…. So I got pissed and took a hammer to it and collapsed the column. Go me.

But it worked out cause I got a column locally that is a later year. 74 maybe 75 ish. It has a bearing already in it at the bottom inside the shift tube and it’s held by a spring and is easily replaced for under 20 bucks still.