Car only cranks in neutral????

The neutral safety switch is "pushed" from inside the transmission. The column linkage has nothing to do with it.

When the neutral safety switch is in park or neutral, it grounds a terminal on your starter relay, allowing the relay to pass current to the starter solenoid, which engages the starter.

You probably need to adjust the shifter linkage slightly, so the inner workings of the transmission contact the neutral safety switch correctly.

Now, whether or not there is other wiring in the column that can cause problems, I don't know.