Ed,
The assembly listed as #14 in the first pictoral is firmly attached to the firewall, so it is not the attachment bolts. I can physically wiggle the column shift shaft tip (shown in the previous submission picture) as it protrudes from #14 giving me the impression that it is bushings inside of #14 or further up on the shaft. Besides determining if I can just purchase bushings or must obtain an entire #14 assembly, I am wondering if I can accomplish the repair without removing the entire steering column. In other words, can I just unbolts the four bolts on #14, remove the old and install the new without having to worry about things becoming disassembled internally further up the shaft or a need for special MBZ tools?