[randy500]

Ok, I have been thinking about that shift bowl puller tool, J 22551, I understand why its useful now.
It is used to extract the shift bowl from the shift tube from the steering wheel side while the column is installed in the vehicle, would be useful because when the column is installed you cant tap on the shifter arm inside the engine compartment to get the shift tube free from the shifter bowl.
Unless the bowl was very stuck to the shifter tube and corroded you would never need the tool for bench disassembly of the column.