Ok, so I received my linkage last week, and had some time today to mess around with it. What keeps the bolt, #13 in the exploded diagram above, from backing out? It seems like that bolt is long, as the head comes nowhere near contacting the surface towards which you are tightening it. And what the heck does the super-thin, sort of bent washer under it do? When I tighten the bolt, it hits the rod leading to the steering column to keep it in place via friction. I get that part, I just don't like how sloppy the design seems.
Much ado about nothing?