There is a pin you have to depress to make the thing slide out of the steering columm. You have to put the key in position 1 and then push the detent. Pin is kinda hard to see. Looking at mechanism from front with gauge cluster removed, pin will be pointed forward towards windshield and just past the clamp towards the steering columm. Pin is probably 5mm dia. Once you push in the pin, you just start to pull the mechanism out and turn/wiggle it as needed to clear the steering columm.