Thanks Jerod, I'll pull the shaft today after work and see if i can get it break loose. It'll need it to be shorter since the power steering box is longer than the manual box. the first thing i thought when i noticed the steering box was longer was that the shaft should slide into itself enough to acomidate for it but the shaft didnt want to move, ill just have to be more forceful.
another thing i forgot to mention was that the power steering box i got has aprox. a 2inch shaft bolted to the rag joint with a mounting tab to connect to the rest of the steering shaft. I think the power steering box came out of a 94, but not 100% on that. Also, toyota is spelled TOYODA on the steering box, never noticed anything like that before.
thanks again for the help
jim