First the easy part. That is a rivet, IH part #104091, listed as a subcomponent of the bearing. Unfortunately they don't list dimensions for it.
As far as straightenening your post, I tend to favor Wardner's method of taking it off and beating it straight in a cradle of some sort.
My only reasons for that preference are two potential ACK!!!! scenarios. Any pulling will put a lot of torque on that post and you run the risk of breaking the weld between the bottom of the post and the flange that bolts it all down. If you do decide to pull it, keep your strap or comealong fairly low, don't pull it from the top.
That and there are, what, three or four holes through the post for mounting other stuff (electrical box, the arm for your hydraulic controls . . .) and, depending what direction you're pulling, every one of them is a spot that might bend before the spot you're trying to straighten. You can minimize that danger some by cutting a notch in the length of a piece of 2x4 adn using t as a cradle for the length of the post, and pull against the 2x4. Two ratchet straps might be more effective in that set up, one about a thrid of the way down from the top and the other about halfway between the upper strap and the bend. Do most of your pulling with the lower one to avoid the snapping off of the bottom (see ACK!!!! Scenario #1).
I know it's a different setup from my SuperC, but if that post is anything like mine, it's got some spring to it. Just the weight of me using the steering wheel to haul my carcass up on flexes it enough to actually give a slight input to the hydraulics. Point is you might have to pull it past straight to get it to spring back to where it should end up, which is more tension on that bottom joint, and what leads me to favor pounding it out. You're going to have to strip the hydro bracket and other stuff bolted to the post either way you go, and from there it's a short matter to pull your steering wheel, unbolt the flange and the bottom and slip the post, bearing, and all, off the upper end of the shaft to get it onto the bench.
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