Steering Column Install

Thanks guys. That advice was spot on. I guess I need new glasses. I slid the splines as far as I could by hand, but now I am not sure I have as far as it should go. There is still some exposed spline beyond that circular depression. After I read some posts on collapsing the column I don't want to put any undue pressure on it. If I was smarter I would have taken a before picture, which is my new policy. Can anybody tell me if the splines look right in this picture or is it supposed to go further in? If so, what is the best way to accomplish that? Also I knocked out the roll pin from the top. I plan on reusing it. The Service Manual shows the pin going in from the bottom. I would think that doesn't matter and could just drive it in from the top.