I have a 94 Cherokee Sport 4.0, recently my ignition has been giving me issue whereas when I put the key in to start, it will stay locked almost like I dont have a key in the tumbler. It would do it on and off for about a week and just the other day it finally broke completely, I couldnt turn the key at all once it was in the ignition, I pressed really hard on it to get it to rotate and something let lose because now I can turn the key and it works everytime. The problem now is that it's difficult to turn from off to on and when i turn it to start, i have to put a lot of pressure on it to get it to engage the starter, it has to go all the way to the end of its travel to start. I thought at first that the actual tumbler itself was broken, so I just pulled the wheel off and everything and replaced the tumbler, yet I still have the problem. Is there any other type of linkage in the column or some other piece that could have broken causing this problem? Thanks.

 

Look at this:

 

Thanks, replaced the switch last night, works great now.

 

Woohoo!!

 

But now I've got something else, I noticed there are two rods that travel down the steering column, one obviously for the ignition switch and the other, I have found out is for the high beams. I wasn't paying attention when I pulled the beam selector one out and have no idea where it goes back in at the top or bottom of the column.