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I had a welder shorten my pitman arm (from a '56 Ford Pickup steering box) to eliminate bump-steer. after cutting the pitman arm, we ground both cut edges to a cone shaped edge and he welded it around and around until the welded edge was higher than the diameter of the pitman arm. Then we ground off the extra welding and smoothed it out. No one could ever tell that it was shortened (about 2" removed) and I have been driving the car for over 30 years with the shortened pitman arm. I am running the '56 box in my '32 Ford that I have owned since 1957. Good luck, Gene