[Todd_a]

I just had mine all apart but I can't remember if it is sandwitched between the brackets, or if it bolts to the brackets under the dash. If it is sandwitched, you could cut the shaft down under the hood then loosen everything under the dash and the hole clamp on the engine side of the firewall and slide it forward a little bit. Not sure how much you could get doing that though.

Someone tha tis mroe familiar shoudl chime in soon and clear things up...