Wait a minute, wait a minute. If the ignition switch is external to the steering post, and the rods connect to the ignition switch, shouldn't those rods be exposed when the ig switch is removed? And wouldn't it be right there where the rods connect that the dirt has accumulated that subverts the connection? So shouldn't I be able to clean that out by removing the switch and not have to deal with the steering post at all? Or is this the wild fantasy of ignorance?