Progress stopped:-( Free money

This is what I did with mine

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?p=1969904417#post1969904417

I replaced most of the solid section with another telescoping section, and added a vibration damping Borgeson coupler. The advantage to this method is that if I change steering boxes, or couplers I don't have to make any more modifications to the steering shaft, and theres plenty of couplers out there that will bolt straight up to the DD shaft. I also have plenty of length adjustment that doesn't further change what's left of the original collapsable section. The travel of the original section was shortened slightly because the DD shaft I added won't slide into the upper part of the steering shaft, but there's still over 6" of travel in the original collapsing section, plus anything left in the telescoping section I added. That's currently ~2.5" with the Flaming river manual box and the borgeson coupler I have in there now. If the steering column has to collapse over 8" to keep from skewering me, I'm probably toast anyway. Not to mention the u-joint is more likely to deflect sideways than the original joint, meaning the steering shaft is more likely to deflect sideways than it is to be rammed straight back.