In the course of showing him things, I saw that I had left one U-joint for the steering shaft in place, connected to the steering rack. The rest of the steering shaft stuff was still in the house. Here is a picture of what 3 months of sitting in my garage did to it.
The one on the left is the one that was out in the garage. It should look just like the one on the right that is shown still connected to one of the steering shafts. Kind of amazing just how much it was affected by just sitting in the mostly closed, 40 degree garage for a while. Now I know why some of the other builders advised painting those parts. I thought it maybe wasn't that big of a deal. Lesson learned. They will all get painted before final installation.
