The steering lock is part of the housing itself, just a spring with a piece that pushes up against the turn turn between the ignition switch side & the lock cylinder side. It's possible that the shaft mechanism is starting to bind from wear etc. Preventing key rotation at times.

If I was at work today I could take a pic of my old for you I saved. I'm not back until tomorrow unfortunately.

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