The steering wheel is locked up and my ignition will not turn?

Tiny
KATEP9701
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  • 2000 FORD EXPEDITION
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My steering wheel is locked up and my ignition will not turn at all. I’ve never had problems with this before. Please help.
Saturday, August 12th, 2023 AT 10:36 PM

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Tiny
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Try to turn the steering wheel a little bit while working the ignition key. Please go over this guide:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/ignition-switch-wont-turn-stuck

If this doesn't help you will need to replace the ignition lock tumbler because it has fallen apart internally. Here is how the job is done in the images below. Check out the images (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem so we can see what's going on.
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Monday, August 14th, 2023 AT 12:41 PM

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