Interesting, all the instructions say to bottom it out.
Yours looks like it's less than half way?
Any possibility the set screw was in too far?
At worse, the set screw should go into the groove on the shaft.
Did you try the paper test?
Make sure the fan is pulling enough air by placing a piece of cardboard in front, to make sure it holds.
But at speed, the fan really shouldn't be needed.
Check out this video, I thought the ridge on the pivot pin was supposed to be flush with the bushing, but that's not the case.
So that extra "bulb" on the urethane bushing takes up that empty space.
Was this column removed from same car?
Is the metal plate securely bolted to firewall, inside car?
If both are yes, it collasped
Should be able to easily slide the coupler by hand.
It seemed like a Ponzi scheme, I got multiple dashes that were complete junk.
I finally gave up and just accepted a crappy one.
The only thing that saved me was that I bought it through a group sale through Roseville, they stepped up and pushed the issue.
I feel sorry for the individuals that...