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I am rebuilding my 72 tilt column and am waiting on a shift pointer (see pic) in the mail, my original was broken and just fell out during disassembly. My question is...

Can I assemble the entire column and install the pointer last or does it need to go in earlier?

I don't want to paint myself in a corner and have to take it back apart and would like to make progress while the part is being shipped.