You put a bunch of mismatched parts together and got a predictable result- - - - -a steering system that doesn't work. You're sort of like the mother with the ugly baby- - - -you grew it, now learn to love it! Welding on any part of a steering system is dangerous to you and everyone who has to share the road with you- - - - -I hope the vehicle in question is something that only gets driven on and off the trailer at car shows!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!