Afternoon all, can anyone suggest a good way to shorten this by 2 inches after a nice strong suggestion?

Would just welding it back together be strong enough??

This is from a Suzuki sj413

it,s part of a colapsible column,the inner will slide into the outer

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it,s part of a collapsible column,the inner will slide into the outer

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ISTR there's a clamp on jobber from CBS that replaces the rubber with an (admittedly, a bit crap) UJ , about as strong and safe as you can do it I reckon.

This I think, actually looks a bit less crap than the one I have.

The inner slides in and out so wont that be short enough or can you pull the inner out and cut so much off the inner end ?

[Edited on 24/5/14 by jacko]

Well this is easier than I thought I'll check tomorrow, hopefully if it just slides that'll be a nice easy job

It'll be fairly tight and some have some shear off plastic pegs to overcome (don't think Ford did). I'd give the lower section a clean with emery first and apply a bit of grease to prevent forcing the rust/crap in and it binding up.