How To Replace your Lower Column Bearing: Better and Cheaper!!!

Maybe this is a dumb question, but how do you remove the shift tube exactly? I have a column shift + power steering column and am in the process of converting to floor shift. I removed my column but cannot figure out how to disassemble it to remove the shift tube. I've been Googling around for days and can't find anything on how to actually disassemble the column properly. Unfortunately the Chilton manual only shows how to remove the column but not how to disassemble it. I removed the steering wheel and brackets already along with 4 screws from inside the top part of the column but it didn't seem to loosen anything up and I don't want to damage anything by forcing it.