My steering box blew up!

[pyrodork]

Ok. Not entirely accurate, however the lower bearing burst out the bottom end of the box... and now I have a 64 Galaxie that is no longer a daily driver.

Can I just get a new bearing, set it in place, then tap the cap back on? I didn't see anything that would make me think there's a snap ring for it.

I have no experience with steering boxes aside from (apparently) making that deadly sector shaft adjustment several months ago. My budget is tight. I'd rather not have to buy a new box, but I suppose I must do what I must.

Box tag says "HCA AX 4325C" and I'm not positive what that translates into. I do NOT have power steering and am satisfied with that. The manual steering suits me fine. If there's a modern replacement that wouldn't need the whole column replaced, I'd look into that. Give me part numbers if you have them. Sources for the parts are even better. Or if there's a used box in decent condition in your shop, I'd be interested as well. I'm leery of used boxes on eBay... unless someone can convince me otherwise.

Please help me, FordBarn. You're my only hope.