Manual column shaft issue

Shearing the 4 tiny nylon pins that locate the lower shaft to the upper tube, on mine, just took a moderate tap on a concrete floor. Then you can pull yours out and determine for yourself if the overlap is adequate.
Oh yeah, mark it before you break the pins. The pins are just in there to hold things together on the assembly lines. It doesn't take any real force to snap them. If the lower shaft falls out it will be impossible to reinstall it in any position but with vertically the steering wheel on the floor; no biggie after the panic goes away..