Steering column

The shaft feels solid for sure, I think if it were collapsed I would be able to tell, I searched around and found an old thread that stated the automatic steering shafts are 36 and 3/8 long. Problem is I don't know if that is accurate info. I think I will try and put it all back together and see what happens.
Thanks for the help, keep the info coming and maybe I will get this problem solved.