steering shaft collapsed

It's apparently easier to do this than one might think. I did it somehow too. Didn't realize I did it either because it didn't go in much. Just enough to shear the pins. I put the column in and it hooked up to the steering box ok. A few miles later the steering started binding on turns. Took it straight home very carefully and popped the hood and found the shaft had allmost backed out of the collar. The shoes were showing. That was a scary sight thinking I might have lost the steering.