I had a similar thing happen; I rebuilt the steering column and couldn’t figure out why it got progressively harder to turn. I unhooked the drag link to find out the left knuckle was real hard to turn. I had to do as Yosemite Sam suggested, put a pipe on it and worked it back and forth while someone sprayed it with Kroil and tapped with a brass hammer. It eventually dropped out. I had greased the zerks but apparently some old grease decided to harden and bind.
Good luck,
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David
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