I'm about to put the dash into my 91 Fox. I notice the steering wheel lock is not engaging with key removed. I've tried inserting, rotating the key then removing. No change.

I have key out and the wheel spins freely.

I checked another column I have in inventory and it locks with key removed.

Any ideas on why the column lock isn't engaging? Btw it did lock prior to dash removal. I did drop the column to get the dash out. It's an airbag column btw.