Thank you everyone who contributed. I really appreciate the input. The project is finished other than a road test. But who knows when that will be? Living in rural Wv the driving time is limited on these cars due to bad weather rain/snow etc.
I’ve included a few pics of the install. I ended up taking about 1-1/4 off the total length of the shaft and if my measurements are correct and I checked them at least a 100 times. I should be just through the register mounted pilot bearing . Thanks Again. Eric.