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All the times I have done this there is "just enough" slack in the wires to move the switch out of the way without disconnecting it and pulling the lower half of the column apart, but this is the hard and easy way to frustrate yourself. If you got the time, it is much easier to do the proper way.

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Then this DAMNED section falls out and apart, a housing section, a plastic push piece, and the steel linkage rod is left dangling, a mystery to me to put back together in working order, more of a mystery than women, and even Retro...

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Also, looking at that last pic, this is where the heat got to me and I forgot, that silver cap piece with the square hole in it, use a large Phillips head screw driver to push that down, and turn to the left, and it will unlock and pop out and the spring behind it can be removed.
 
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Then finally take these 4 bastard screws out and loctite them sumbitches and put everything back together, faaak!!!!! It's too hot for this!!!!!

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