Manual Column Rebuild

Does the bottom of the column cage (below where it would mount to the firewall) have any holes in it? Should be 2 or 3

If yes, youll need something like this from year one (available elsewhere)
http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?hid=111EA13830

But I'm guessing yours is more like mine and none of the above will work unless you modify it.

These pictures are from another thread somebody else made. http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showpost.php?p=223710&postcount=3

You can see that there is a spring that sits on a perch that is part of the shaft and the other end holds a small bearing in the bearing sleeve (silver piece inside the cage).

I've found that you can get a replacement bearing from the dealer (~9bucks) which looks similar to the original but is off an 80's full size fan. I already had the bearing sleeve and spring but I'm guessing those probably aren't available from the dealer anymore. You may have to do some junkyard hunting for those.