[mookandairin]

That is exactly correct. The last owner or the onde before him was putting in a turn signal switch and thought it would be a lot easier if I just trim this little part off the thing....... oops that thing I cut was for the mounting......... now what? and put it together just so it didnt look jacked up. I know this because it happened to me when I trimmed mine.
I started looking for a replacement one right after I did that stupis trim of the turn signal housing and found one on ebay. If I was going tpo look for another one thats where I would start and marketplace. I was looking for column parts or some column I couls just rob one from. The search wasnt the easiest but it is doable. gotta think outside the box sort of sometimes