my dumb ? of the day – cant get the nut on the steering arm

FINALLY got the headers, starter and power steering box all in and all bolts in. no idea how to torque the poer steering box nuts to spec as i can barely get a wrench on them nevermind a tq wrench so i just whomped on em as best i could. if those things loosen and somehow manage to fall through the headers - well good for them.

anyhoo, latest idiotic dilemma:
so i have everything ready to button up but for some reason the steering arm only pokes thru the steering bar a tiny bit - so i cant get the nut on it to tq it down. beforei go undoing the tie rods and the pittman arm? on the other side, do i need to get the car off the jack stands (obv with wheels onit) in order to push that steering arm thing up higher to get the nut on?

any ideas? thanks all
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