Steering collumn too short???

Great idea actually. I wouldn’t say it’s quite a replacement for the plastic shear pins, but much better than nothing. I may have to duplicate your idea.
I could be wrong, but I don't think the factory even used actual "pins" per-se. I think the two locations were injected with melted plastic that solidified when cooled. Hell, you could probably do the same thing with some liquid epoxy or something similar in a syringe.