Collapsed steering shaft? Help!

Same thing happened to me, shear pins are probably done. If so, shaft is junk in my opinion. Some guys pull it back apart and re use it but I wouldn't.

The 40+ year old delrin or whatever it is probably loses its flexibility and shrinks. Once you put a little pressure on it, snap. Not really meant to be messed with too much.

When I disassembled a column I had, I made the mistake of tapping on the end of the shaft to dislodge it or something and the bottom half of the shaft slid out. :banghead:

Those four little blocks/bearings go inside the coupling like others have said already. They are held in place by a little tension spring that rests on the pin on the end of the shaft.

Have fun putting the cover back on the coupling!