Steering Column Install help???

1) Would I install steering column with the coupler attached to the shaft, and then feed the whole lot onto steering box

or

2) Install coupler on the steering box and then feed shaft with blocks into the coupler.


I went with option 1 but Im buggered if I can get the darn thing on the spline. I have moved it every which way while keeping pressure on it but it just wont go. Maybe the angle of the shaft is preventing it maybe but I have my wife holding the weight for me.