Yet another horn rod question

[37slantback]

*EDIT*
I got it. The steering column was in back of pickup so I dropped the steering wheel into the end gate valley and pulled the horn rod out.
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I have the steering column out of my 37 and I am taking it apart. The horn rod will move about 2 feet and then hangs up. I had to do some gentle twists to get it that far. Is there a trick to removing these? It seems in most threads I found that once the bottom clip is removed it should just pull out.

Thanks,
Don