Steering Shaft Bolt Issues

[Lucid1]

Hey Everyone, I have had lots of play in my steering since I purchased the car. I did some reading and decided to try the Jeep steering shaft out. I started to remove the old steering shaft and found out that the rear nut by the firewall was completely stripped out. I tried my best to remove it but was unable to. I decided to cut the nut off with a Dremel. Now I am in a real pinch because I can’t seem to get the bolt out. You can see in the pictures that it is a mess and I can’t even see the bolt. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get this out?

 

[pacecarta]

keep grinding you have more to go on the nut

 

[Gene Van Horn]

When the bolt falls out, you can stop grinding