Did I collapse my steering shaft?

So you removed the column shifter collar and put on the floor shift collar, right? When you did you lost about 1-3/4 inch in length since the column shift collar placed the shaft further down inside the column. If you have the power to manual adapter use it. Its a ***** to pull the collapsable part further out. Usually what happens is that it is hard to move then all of a sudden comes out real fast and oops, its apart and now how in the hell do you get it together agin. Been there, done that.....